music

Trustus Theatre’s production of Constance *[TH]

Daniel has written music since 2001. His work was adapted into a musical at Trustus Theater and taught in a curriculum at Spartanburg Methodist College. He’s performed in New York, Chicago, and Venice, and has recorded projects with artists in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Burlington, Vermont.

SELECT CREDITS

The Restoration - Constance, Honor the Father, West
Songwriting, Story, Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Violin, Production

Danny Joe Machado - DANASCUS
Songwriting, Engineering, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar, Synth

Bemo Prince - Has Been That Never Was
Production, Mixing, Guitar

The Fire Tonight - Self-titled
Production, Background Vocals on tracks 2 and 7

cecilnick, Daniel Machado - Polysome 1
Violin improvisation, Production

Alexa Woodward - Voyager
Background Vocals on tracks 2, 3, 4 and 6; Production; Tape Machines; Drums

Those Lavender Whales - “I’m So Proud (of My Friends),” “How to Cook Everything”
Violin

John the Revelator - “Devil on Your Side”
Violin

The Post-Timey String Band - “The Gamble”
Background Vocals, Violin

Daniel sings “Brother” from The Restoration’s West

Daniel performs “New South Blues” with Adam Corbett

Music video for The Restoration’s West, directed by Christopher Tevebaugh

The Restoration recording Honor the Father

Short film adaptation of Honor the Father directed by Christopher Tevebaugh

Live studio performance of The Restoration’s “Drowning Mr. & Mrs. Palmer”

Producing Bemo Prince at Jam Room Studio [TH]

Constance musical at Trustus Theatre [TH]

Alexa Woodward's Might Nigh release show

Danny Joe Machado, a brief exercise in satirical alter-ego-ing [TH]

The Restoration at Terrace Hippodrome, Charleston, SC

[TH] Photos by Thomas Hammond
[PC] Cinematography by Pierce Cook
[SR] Photo by Sean Rayford
[AS] Photo by Alexis Schwallier
[GS] Photo by Greg Slattery

SELECT PRESS

“Ambitious both musically and conceptually”
— Paste Magazine

“There are ambitious bands out there, that make sprawling, ambitious albums, and then there are bands like The Restoration, who go above and beyond simple ambition into something approximating obsession”
— No Depression

“This thing comes with a freakin’ book… not just booklet.”
— Creative Loafing

"[West is] a wellspring of storytelling...10 tracks ebb and flow between brutally-written images of abandonment and disillusionment and spellbinding poeticism."
— B-Sides & Badlands

“The Restoration is a proficient musical ensemble, nimbly connecting various strains of folk and rock, but it’s the bands prickly stories of life in the small-town South that steal the show.”
— Mountain Xpress

“The music of Constance ranges from jubilant to yearning and features gorgeous violin, nicely picked banjo and a number of other stringed instruments.”
— Twangville

“The Restoration doesn’t make music. Rather the band, which is set to release “Honor the Father,” its second concept album, makes art. Magnificent, enthralling and provocative art.”
— The State

“One of the finest and most compelling pieces of music ever produced in the Capital City.”
— Free Times

“Eat your heart out, Flannery O'Connor”
— Classicalite

music

Daniel has written music since 2001. His work was adapted into a musical at Trustus Theater and taught in a curriculum at Spartanburg Methodist College. He’s performed in New York, Chicago, and Venice, and has recorded projects with artists in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Burlington, Vermont.

“Ambitious both musically and conceptually”— Paste Magazine

“There are ambitious bands out there, that make sprawling, ambitious albums, and then there are bands like The Restoration, who go above and beyond simple ambition into something approximating obsession”— No Depression

“This thing comes with a freakin’ book… not just booklet.”— Creative Loafing

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“Ambitious both musically and conceptually”
— Paste Magazine

“There are ambitious bands out there, that make sprawling, ambitious albums, and then there are bands like The Restoration, who go above and beyond simple ambition into something approximating obsession”
— No Depression

“This thing comes with a freakin’ book… not just booklet.”
— Creative Loafing