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My Christmas Song Featured Artists: Mark Brine, Will Travis, Geoff Bartley,
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I'm Not Anyone • The Nashville Sessions ©2005 Door Knob Records As most of you know, I am a number one fan of Mark Brine. I think he’s one of the most unrecognized country writers in the business today. His work is so much better than what we hear on top-40 country radio today read on … |
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Fortunes • the Best of Mark Brine ©2004 Shut Eye Records & Agency This is great music. I'd never heard any of Mark Brine before this introduction, and dang it, I should have. Everyone should have. If you love country music roots, this is it. Brine approaches his songs from those roots, those back porch songs which eventually read on … |
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for Karrie ©2003 Wild Oats Records Mark Brine sounds like he's been holed up in some possum
holler aging in moonshine for a blue moon or two. His vocals swoop and dip like a bird in
the mountains where Americana music grew up and you don't soon forget the experience. He's
also got a band of crack musicians perfectly attuned to the sweet eccentricity read on …
In 1992, a year when singer/songwriter Mark Brine received
two preliminary Grammy nominations (Best Country Male Vocalist and Best Country Song),
Billboard referred to him as the "Wild Blue Yodeler." Since that time, he has lived up to
the description, skillfully yodeling his way in and through the wild blue yonder read on …
Mark Brine may originally hail from Cambridge, Massachusetts,
but to hear him sing and play you’d assume he’s been slouching on collapsing front porches
and wandering dusty back roads all his life. Truth be told, he’s a transplant to Baltimore
who’s got a real jones for American rural roots music in all its many forms read on …
This CD is written for children, but I’ll let you in on a
little secret. Adults will like it as much as kids will. It reminds me of Terry Smith’s
"Little Brown Dog and Little Green Frog." Lots of good times here with Mark. read on …
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"Since migrating from Cambridge,
Mass to Nashville some three decades ago, Mark Brine has carved out a strong
reputation as an uncompromising traditionalist on the country music scene which
has made him one of the elder statesmen of Americana."
-- Shaun Dale, Cosmik Debris Magazine
"I could listen to him sing all night long … he does a good job that boy does." -- Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree "A fine young man who I think has a great future." -- Hank Snow, Grand Ole Opry "Brine could easily have been added to the cast of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' without raising an eyebrow. He belongs to that group of artists whose individuality and quirkiness consign them to the periphery of what's commercially viable. But God bless him for not just being another cog in the musical wheel." -- James McSweeney, Flyin Shoes |
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"Brine has made a long career of flying under the
folk/country radar for a long time and has picked up a bunch of awards and recognition just the same. A real Americana act, Brine fuses elements of all the stuff we've been listening to for years that you really can't compare to anything else that’s sure to really draw you under it's spell." -- Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recap "I think Mark Brine must be Americana's
best kept secret. A singer/songwriter for over thirty years, friend of the late and legendary
pioneer fiddlin' Sid Harkreader, Brine writes wonderful story songs about ordinary people and
ordinary places. To tell these stories, Mark has a voice that is as comfortable as a favourite
coat." -- Pete Smith,
Country Music Round Up "His career has pursued the path of a truly independent artist - someone who follows his soul and does things his own way – his ability to write and produce has made his name synonymous with quality." -- Doug Floyd, AltCountryTab.com "I think what makes Mark Brine such a gifted songwriter/storyteller is the fact that he seems to be such an obvious fan of many genres of music. He's someone who is like a sponge when it comes to reintegrating influences into his own work." -- Gail Worley, Ink 19 ©2004 Mark Brine Music. All rights reserved. |