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Mark Mulholland and Craig Ward have just completed the mastering of their new album, "Waiting for the Storm", with Jean Marnay and Bruno Lemonnier at Kadence Studio, at Chaville, outside Paris. Recorded in Berlin, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Port-au-Prince, the album represents their own take on the British folk tradition of Graham, Jansch, Renbourn et al, and as well as Mark and Craig, features Belgian double bass player Hannes d'Hoine and a guest appearance by the Haitian poet, painter, playwright and actor Frankétienne. Mark, Craig and Hannes will be touring in Europe in late February, and the album will be released later in the year by Cannery Row Records in Berlin and Jezus Factory Records in London.

(photo by Bruno Lemonnier)

New album, "The Cactus and the Dragon", now available worldwide on all major download platforms. It will be released in the UK on February 7th.

CD Release Party Lovelite, Berlin, Friday September 30th

Mark is now living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he is working in a recording studio and rehearsal space with local bands, as well as collaborating with several more established Haitian artists. He will be returning to Europe every few months to continue with his projects there.

He has been working on a new spoken word and music performance with Frankétienne, the Nobel Prize-nominated Haitian poet, novelist, dramatist, painter and actor. The piece was performed for the first time at the Institut Français en Haïti in Port-au-Prince on March 4th.

Mark's new solo album, "The Cactus and the Dragon", will be released in August by Cannery Row Records. You can hear one of the songs on the CDs/MP3s page. The new Two Dollar Bash album, "New Adventures", will be released in September.

The album he is recording with Craig Ward is nearing completion, and should be finished this summer.

He has been performing with various Haitian artists, including Jean Jean Roosevelt, with whom he played a concert at the Haitian Ministry of Culture on Tuesday 28th September, and played guitar on Jean Jean's forthcoming single "Y a Danger". Mark will be returning to Europe every few months to continue with his projects there, including a new Two Dollar Bash album, which is currently in preparation, and an album that he is recording with former deUs guitarist Craig Ward. Mark's second solo album, "The Cactus and the Dragon", is now mixed, and will be released early in 2011.

Showcase at CMJ, New York, October 22nd -
Mark has been invited to play a showcase at the prestigious CMJ festival in New York. He will be playing at Googie's, the upstairs venue at the Living Room, on Friday October 22nd, 8.30pm

Showcase at MaMA, Paris October 15-16, US (re)release -
Mark will be playing a showcase at MaMA, a new festival and conference in Paris. He will also be performing with New Zealand singer-songwriter Flip Grater at her showcase at the same festival. See gigs page for details, and you can check out the event at this link.
"The Devil on the Stairs" will be released in France through Differ-ant Distribution on October 4th.
After a change in distributors, "The Devil on the Stairs" was released in the US on July 13th through Redeye Distribution.

Gig in Paris, label showcase in Berlin - Mark is back in Europe after a successful tour in the States, where he played 18 gigs and two radio shows in San Francisco, Sacramento, LA, Placerville, Austin (SXSW showcase), New York and Philadelphia. Throughout the tour, Mark was playing with San Francisco-based singer-songwriter James Finch Jr.(www.jamesfinchjr.com), and was also joined on some gigs by Rusty Miller, Sean Condron and Bill Hangley Jr. While in San Francisco, local musician Jeffrey Luck Lucas wrote string arrangements for a couple of songs on Mark's forthcoming album, which Jeff and violinist Carey Lamprecht recorded in a session at James's flat.

Mark will be playing on Wed April 21st as part of an exhibition and concert organised by Parisian artist Anna O, at La Generale, 14, Av. Parmentier, 75011 Paris, before returning to Berlin for a gig at 7 Stufen (Großbeerenstraße 32, Kreuzberg) on Sunday April 25th with Allen Devine.

On Friday April 30th, Cannery Row Records is organising a showcase concert with 9 acts at the Berlin Club Lovelite, Simplonstr. 38, (S-Bhf Ostkreuz), including Two Dollar Bash, Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz, Strip me Naked, Allen Devine.

Showcase at SXSW, March 2010 - Mark has been invited to perform a showcase at the prestigious SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, March 17-21 2010

Festival Tout-Petits Cinéma - Paris Forum des Images - Mark has been commissioned to write and perform soundtrack music for 3 Japanese animated films from the 1930s as part of the Festival Tout-Petits Cinéma, a festival of cinema for small children organised by the Forum des Images of the Mairie de Paris...more

New Album in progress - Mark is currently working on a new album, featuring contributions from a number of other musicians, including Chris Hughes, Joe Armstrong, Orit Shimoni, Armelle Pioline, Boris Kontorowski and Inneke 23...more

Two Dollar Bash to play at the Elysée Montmartre in Paris - Two Dollar Bash have been invited to support the successful French duo La Chanson du Dimanche at the legendary Paris venue L'Elysée Montmartre on Saturday Dec 12th...more

New website - many thanks to Gregg McKenzie and Andy Leuenberger for invaluable help in getting this site together. www.greggmckenzie.com www.andyleuenberger.com