{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter}} {{About|the Canadian singer-songwriter|the Oregon politician|Greg Macpherson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Greg MacPherson |image = GregMacPherson.jpg |caption = MacPherson in 2006 |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Greg MacPherson |alias = | birth_place = Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}} |death_date = |instrument = {{hlist | Vocals | guitar | piano | drums | bass}} |genre = {{hlist | Indie rock | indie pop}} |occupation = Singer-songwriter |years_active = |label = {{hlist | Smallman Records | G7 Welcoming Committee Records | Disintegration Records}} |associated_acts = |website = {{official URL}} |current_members = |past_members = }}
'''Greg MacPherson''' (born 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. MacPherson performs both solo and with a backing band.<ref name="exclaimmag">{{cite web | author= Conoley, Ben | title= Sept. 2007 Greg MacPherson Web Interview | url= http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=114&csid2=946&fid1=27401 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130115140256/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=114&csid2=946&fid1=27401 | url-status= dead | archive-date= January 15, 2013 | work= Exclaim! | year= 2007 | accessdate= September 18, 2007 }}</ref>
MacPherson's sixth album, ''Mr. Invitation'', was released on March 30, 2010,<ref name="Smallman Records">{{cite web | title= Jan. 2010 Smallman Records Announcement | url= http://smallmanrecords.com/news/item/2420/ | work= Smallman Records | year=2010 | accessdate=February 3, 2010}}</ref> and was longlisted for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.
MacPherson co-owns Canadian indie label Disintegration Records. He has previously released albums on G7 Welcoming Committee Records, and more recently Smallman Records. The independent record label play/rec, based in Copenhagen, has released a compilation LP in Europe. His two most recent albums, ''Disintegration Blues'' in 2011 and ''Fireball'' in 2013, were released on his own Disintegration Records following the demise of both G7 Welcoming Committee Records and Smallman Records.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/News/greg_macpherson_announces_fireball_lp_maps_out_canadian_tour_dates "Greg MacPherson Announces 'Fireball' LP, Maps Out Canadian Tour Dates"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223735/http://exclaim.ca/News/greg_macpherson_announces_fireball_lp_maps_out_canadian_tour_dates |date=December 2, 2013 }}. ''Exclaim!'', September 23, 2013.</ref>
''Fireball'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.<ref name=macpherson>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/after-a-glitch-polaris-adds-greg-macpherson-to-the-long-list/article19333926/ "After a glitch, Polaris adds Greg MacPherson to the long list"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', June 25, 2014.</ref>
In 2017 MacPherson collaborated with Rob Gardiner in the project '''Figure Walking''',<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/greg_macpherson_announces_debut_lp_as_figure_walking "Greg MacPherson Announces Debut LP as Figure Walking"]. ''Exclaim!'', February 23, 2017.</ref> whose debut album ''The Big Other'' was a longlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/06/13/gord-downie-tragically-hip-both-make-cut-as-polaris-prize-long-list-revealed.html "Gord Downie, Tragically Hip both make cut as Polaris Prize long list revealed"]. ''Toronto Star'', June 13, 2017.</ref>
==Discography== * ''The Year of The Record Break'' (1997) * ''Balanced on a Pin'' (1999) * ''Good Times Coming Back Again'' (2002) * ''Maintenance'' (2004) * ''Night Flares'' (2005) * ''The Sun Beats Down'' (2006) * ''Mr. Invitation'' (2010) * ''Disintegration Blues'' (2011) * ''Fireball'' (2013)
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==External links== * {{Official website}}
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