Brian MacDonald

With today’s release of “Floating in the Night,” the follow-up to “Great Decisions,” Nashville crossover folk heroes Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) double down on the post break-up anger – but stretch towards forgiveness.

Nashville crossover folk heroes Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) will release The Process, their fifth studio album. The 19-track album is a soul-baring song cycle that wrestles with the five stages of grief – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance – and ultimately finds beauty and purpose in the pain.

Alternative folk band Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) released “Leave It Better Than You Found It (feat. Ruston Kelly),” a powerful ode to living a life worth living. Judah & the Lion just finished the first leg of a North American tour. The second will start in April 2024.

Nashville indie folk band Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald) unveil new tracks “Son of a Gun (feat. K.Flay)” and “Starting Over” (a good old fashioned B-side). Listen to the new singles now!

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Mint Theater Company will present the on-demand streaming of two archival recordings in honor of Mint's latest production at NY City Center Stage II, the World Premiere of one of its most exciting discoveries ever: Becomes a Woman.

Since 2014, producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Lyndsey Gunnulfsen has trailblazed her own path with her genre-breaking project PVRIS. She has marked her much-anticipated return with two brand new singles, “ANYWHERE BUT HERE” and “ANIMAL” via Hopeless Records.

Endangered Species (theatre) Project's Frederick Shakespeare Festival is back with two of the bard's most celebrated works: Hamlet and The Merry Wives of Windsor, to be performed at the Hodson Outdoor Amphitheater at Hood College.

Judah & the Lion announce their fourth full-length studio album Revival today with the release of their “HAPPY LIFE” single and music video, listen/watch HERE. The new album was recorded at Echo Mountain in Asheville, NC and finds the band attempting to recapture the innocence of their youth, embracing the sadness and loss of the last few years and welcoming the future with a renewed energy and spirit that harkens back to the group’s earliest days. Like most of the world, Judah & the Lion’s Judah Akers and Brian Macdonald found themselves doing a lot of soul searching over the pandemic that was the catalyst for personal and profession rejuvenation and evolution.

Victor Mucho, an indie-folk project from Brian Macdonald of the multi-Platinum band Judah & the Lion, recently announced his solo debut called Moonlight in Visby. Produced by Swedish Grammy-nominee Tobias Fröberg (Peter Bjorn and John, Ane Brun), the 13-track set was written and recorded while living on the remote island of Gotland, Sweden.

Multi-platinum Nashville band Judah & the Lion (Judah Akers, Brian Macdonald) release their first new music of 2022 today with the cathartic new single “Take A Walk.” The song is accompanied by an official music video that was shot in Nashville by longtime visual collaborator Matt Delisi, the mastermind behind all of their music videos.

“so terribly hurt” is from Victor Mucho’s recently announced debut LP, Moonlight in Visby, which was produced by Swedish Grammy-nominee Tobias Fröberg (Peter Bjorn and John, Ane Brun). The 13-track set was written and recorded while living on the remote island of Gotland, Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Listen to the new single now!

Moonlight in Visby was written and recorded while living on the remote island of Gotland, Sweden in the Baltic Sea. It pays homage to the tiny, rural town Macdonald, his wife Maddie, and their dog Halyard called home during a year of seclusion and reflection. Watch the new album trailer now!

Listen to the new track and get information on 'Find Another Reason Why' from The Starling on Netflix. Judah & The Lion join Grammy award winner Nate Ruess for the soundtrack along with fifteen original score tracks from Grammy-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch.

Drawing influence from early 2000s emo rock, the track’s striking guitar and pulsing drumlines combined with deep-cut and relatable lyrics make this somber track all too relatable.

Mark Osborne shares, “Slower is basically about opening up in the way that you feel about someone. It’s like declaring your love for them”.

The remix EP comes as the single lands a major synch in the trailer for Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers – a follow up to the 90s cult classic Mighty Ducks series.

Nashville’s genre-bending trio Judah & the Lion have dropped their live album, Pep Talks Live, today via Cletus the Van/Caroline!

Today, PVRIS unveil the deluxe edition of their acclaimed third studio album Use Me on Reprise/Warner Records. 

Nashville-based trio Judah & the Lion is thrilled to share the official music video for their rising single “Beautiful Anyway” today as the song hits a new peak on the Alternative Chart, entering the Top 10 at #9 this week.