Rod MacDonald sums up his music in a nutshell, as "Something to touch your heart, something to awaken your spirit, something to tickle your funny bone, something to make you a little more conscious of your role in life."

A vital figure in the folk music world and one of the driving forces behind the 1980s Greenwich Village singer-songwriter scene, Rod has been entertaining audiences worldwide for three decades with his timeless ballads, modern folk songs, and biting commentary. Rod is a master at weaving together a tapestry of politically and socially aware journalistic detail and poetic imagery, offering up performances that are both entertaining and deeply thought provoking.

Born and raised in Connecticut, Rod relocated to New York in the early 1980s, headlining at the Speakeasy and Folk City clubs and co-founding the famed Greenwich Village Folk Festival. An incredibly prolific writer, he has produced so many enduring classics (including "American Jerusalem" and "Sailor's Prayer") that no less than 27 of his songs were included in the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings of The Fast Folk Music Collection. Rod, who now resides in Florida, recently released A Tale of Two Americas.