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Mark Cohen commented on Melodic Revolution Records's event Clinton Art and & Music Festival"Beautiful part of the state and of the country. Let music reign."
Mark Cohen is attending Melodic Revolution Records's event
Clinton Art and & Music Festival at The Village of Clinton
August 27, 2011 all day
Every year during the last weekend in August Melodic Revolution Records in Partnership with the Kirkland Art Center and The Clinton Chamber of Commerce host one of the most anticipated festivals in the upstate New York area known as The Clinton Art and & Music Festival. This year is no exception as we go into our 6th year.We are all excited to announce that this year’s Festival will take place on Saturday August 27th 2011. As in previous years the festival will be held throughout the…See More
Mark Cohen left a comment for Morre"Hey guys, great sound, great songs, great production. Very nice work."
Morre left a comment for Mark Cohen"Hello Mark
Thank you for accepting our friend request, we hope you enjoyed our songs. Our new album will be out this spring on Melodic Revolution Records.
Peace Morre"
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- Cohen's first band was "The Ingredients of Love," a twelve-piece soul group in which he played funky rhythm guitar. Based in Brooklyn's famed Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, the band included four singers, one of whom, now Albert Jamison, is now Bishop Albert Jamison, chairman of the Gospel Music Workshop of America.
Two-time Grammy winner Tyrone Williams was one of the Ingredients of Love, as was Michael Jones, now known as Kashif, who went on to produce Kenny G and Dionne Warwick, among others. Formed by Robert Wedlaw, whose brother-in-law, Don Echoles, led the horn section, "The Ingredients of Love," a formative experience for each of its members, played colleges and New York clubs and theaters, including the Apollo, the Lloyd Price Turntable, and the Peppermint Lounge.
After travelling through Europe and living in Greece, Cohen returned to the states and became a denizen of the Greenwich Village music scene, playing many of the city's clubs and headlining "The Best of the Best: The Village's Undiscovered Stars" at Gerde's Folk City. Mark recorded two albums for the world renowned Folkways Records label, “Fare Well, Traveller,” and “Plutonium.”
The Walrus, a trade publication, called Cohen "a valuable find," saying "his debut albums whet the appetite for more." His albums received play across America and overseas.
Mark played in numerous concerts and radio broadcasts, appearing with Phil Ochs, Willie Nile, Steve Forbert, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, the Roches, Phoebe Snow, Janis Ian and Richard Lewis, among others, and was hailed as a "recent discovery" by Broadside Magazine. He opened for Richie Havens at the Towne Crier in Pawling, New York, on the 39th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival.
"Moments of Grace," was co-produced with arranger and lead guitar player Jim Satten, and with a band that includes Rusty Cloud on keyboards, Connie Harvey, Leslie Hughes, Bil Kurz and Darryl Perreti doing backup vocals, Kevin Jenkins on bass ("Buffalo" and "Kosovo"), Tommy Price ("Buffalo and "Kosovo") and Cliff Hackford ("Moments of Grace" and "You'll Always Be With Me") on drums, and Dan Cipriano ("You'll Always Be With Me") and Michael Blake ("Moments of Grace") on sax. Other musicians contributed tracks on the sessions.
Jim Satten (guitars) was Bo Diddley's music director and guitar player. Jim appeared with Bo Diddley on the Johnny Carson show and HBO's "Giants of Rock and Roll" live broadcast. He's played guitar behind Ron Woods of the Rolling Stones, Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations, Ben E. King, Chuck Berry, Ronnie Spector, Lesley Gore, Del Shannon, Sam and Dave, Lloyd Price, Wilson Pickett, the Coasters, the Platters, Lou Christie, Jerry Lee Lewis and other greats.
Rusty Cloud (keyboards, all songs except "Just One Night") was keyboard player for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and backed up the Blue Brothers for the past seven years. He's played behind Aretha Franklin, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bo Diddley, the Cotton Club Orchestra and numerous other artists.
Cliff Hackford (drums and other percussion, "Moments of Grace," "You'll Always Be With Me") played behind Vicki Sue Robinson, AK-47, Mack Guitar Murphy of the Blues Brothers, Cadillac Moon, Sam the Sham, The Shirelles and numerous reggae artists including Ken Booth, Pablo Moses and Augustine Pablo.
Dan Cipriano (sax, "You'll Always Be With Me") was a regular sax player behind Wilson Pickett, and has played with the Allman Brothers, Michael Bolton, Southside Johnny, Gary U.S. Bonds, Phoebe Snow, Ben E. King, NRBQ, The Tokens, The Shirelles, The Chiffons, Lou Christy, Leslie Gore, and The Coasters. Dan is also in the cast of the smash off-broadway musical "Love, Janis."
Connie Harvey (backup vocals, "Moments of Grace," "You'll Always Be With Me," "MacDougal Street") is one of The Chiffons. Connie has also recorded her own Gospel CD and sung backup vocals with Teddy Pendergrast and other artists.
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- "Moments of Grace":
by Michael Lydon
"Moments of Grace" is well-named - a sensitive collection of fine songs in fine settings, all suggestive of the evanescent sweetness of life and love, and all by Mark Cohen, a songwriter whose roots reach back to the vibrant Greenwich Village music scene and to the soul group that was his first band.
Cohen, a curly-headed sprite with a big warm smile, played Folk City in those days, put out two albums on Folkways (now collector's items), and swapped songs with mentors and friends including Phil Ochs, Willie Nile, and other MacDougal Alley irregulars.
Through the years, Cohen, like many of his pals - those who survived! - kept his music alive. The result is "Moments of Grace," an album in which every track is infused by the strength of Cohen's love of music and all he's learned through the decades. This is an album rich in gorgeous sounds and rich in insights.
Co-produced with Jim Satten, "Moments of Grace" has a classy production quality, the synths, guitars, piano and drums creating a fresh sounding blend. The textures of the tunes are pleasing, melodic and varied, with good arrangements that build from solo guitar and small groups to big ensembles and choruses of background vocalists. Cohen's distinctive and unusual voice puts his lyrics across with a subtle but passionate clarity.
The songs are a mixed bag, love songs mostly - "Just One Night" the best song to my ears, with its smooth pop feel and sing-a-long nice hook - but Cohen also includes a rocking tribute to the Indianapolis 500. "Kosovo" tells a haunting tale of human cruelty; Mark's true-toned voice conveys the heart of war's horror, seen unflinchingly and with an understanding equal to the tragedy. "MacDougal Street" catches the flavor of Dylan's early rock albums, and Cohen's lyric overflows with the vibes of all the street's great music.
"Buffalo" is a road song that captures the story of America. The closer, "Wildwood Flower," is the only instrumental and, I almost said, the only non-original, but Cohen's atmospheric guitar arrangement is so tasteful and lovely that it made the old mountain song new again.
As I listen again and then again I'm glad to sit back and enjoy the sounds of "Moments of Grace." Mark Cohen brings together a world's soulful feelings mixed with a hard-won maturity, and wraps them up in a tight, modern musical production that is pleasing to the ear and soothing to the soul. Older listeners will hear something new, yet familiar. For younger listeners, "Moments of Grace" will open a whole realm of possibilities.
Michael Lydon is a founding editor of Rolling Stone Magazine and author of "Rock Folk" (Citadel Press) and "Ray Charles: Man and Music" (Riverhead Books).
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- At 10:26am on January 6, 2011, Morre said…
Hello Mark
Thank you for accepting our friend request, we hope you enjoyed our songs. Our new album will be out this spring on Melodic Revolution Records.
Peace Morre
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