After two very successful album releases both replete with big horn band arrangements, the first, Rollin' The Dice in 2004 produced by Juno Award Winner Jack de Keyser at Toronto's venerable Liquid Studio's owned by Alec Fraser and the second album Cuttin' Loose which scored high marks in the International Blues Radio market and topped Frances Blues Charts sitting comfortably in the number 1 slot for two consecutive months in June and July 2007 amidst rave reviews from all over, Kevin Mark once again proves his Star Power.  None at this point can deny that Kevin Mark has arrived.  It's been a journey of destiny which he well deserves and why Worldwide TMA has the distinct privilege of adding yet another great Blues Artist to one of the best and strongest Blues Artist Rosters in the world.  What you'll get with a Kevin Mark Blues Band show is a combination of straight ahead blues and a shuffle beat swing band with a big sound.

    

The AWARDS you see below should BE everything we need to say:

2007
Nominated for the Lys Blues Award for Live Show of The Year
Big Daddy (drums) nominated for Lys Blues Award: Performance

2006
WINNER of the Lys Blues Award for Male Artist of The Year
WINNER of the Lys Blues Award for Live Show of The Year
WINNER of the ROSEQ/RIDEAU Award for Top Showcase
Costa Zafiropoulos (bass) wins Lys Blues Award: Performance
Big Daddy (drums) nominated for Lys Blues Award: Performance

2005
WINNER of the Lys Blues Award for Live Show of The Year
WINNER of the Lys Blues Award for Album of The Year
Nominated for a Lys Blues Award: Author/Composer of The Year
Nominated for a Lys Blues Award: Male Artist of The Year
Costa Zafiropoulos (bass) wins Lys Blues Award: Performance
Little Frankie Thiffault (sax) wins Lys Blues Award: Performance
Big Daddy (drums) nominated for Lys Blues Award: Performance

2004
WINNER of the Lys Blues Award for Live Show of The Year
Nominated for a Lys Blues Award: Male Artist of The Year
Nominated for a Lys Blues Award: Individual Performance

2003
Nominated for a Lys Blues Award: Individual Performance

2001
WINNER of the Maple Blues Award New Artist Of The Year
RECIPIENT of the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award
WINNER of the Toronto Blues Society National Talent Search

Since the age of twelve when Kevin Mark received a tenor saxophone as a gift and then later shifting to guitarist and vocalist as his musical horizons began to broaden, to say that Kevin Mark is a "NATURAL" is in our estimation a complete and total understatement.  Anybody who visits this profile can plainly hear that Kevin Mark in any of his permutations, whether 5, 6 or 7 piece band units complete with fat horn arrangements, is the kind of act that delivers a big sound which translates into one thing...FUN!  THIS IS GOOD TIMES MUSIC AT IT'S BEST!

Here's a video below taken from an early evening concert in Montreal. Spend 3 minutes with the Big Guy and his band as they take a tour through the Blues Musical styles of Bourbon Street and Chicago which is the heart of the "ROOTS" where most of Kevin's originals and some of his classic covers originate from  The audio of this is incredible and demonstrates the huge sound this band makes which is attributable to this bands mastery of the live setting and Mr. Marks attention to detail.

What anybody who listens to Kevin's music will find is that in some ways, he's a traditionalist who has an edge. Plus when he rips into some of his originals they have such a big round sound which is well accented with Kevin's great voice.  Mr. Mark has played and delighted crowds as large as 20,000 like at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, which have all agreed that the big man is really a joy to watch.  Not just anybody gets a spot like that.

Kevin Mark is more than just a well managed and polished impresario of the blues, he's a great entertainer as well.  So when he arrives at your door to entertain your crowd for a weekend, the first night crowd will be back with their friends for the second and third legs of the booking because they'll not be able to get enough of this act.

Many years ago in Chicago, like back in the late seventies and eighties, there was an act called Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows who played in all the great Blues venues across the country and the big festivals too.  Anyone who has seen this show knows what we're talking about.  Sadly Twist passed on and there was no one to fill his shoes. But the time has come to put that crown on a new head.  Kevin Mark is that man.

Us folks here in Chicago know our blues. As the last of the authentic, legendary bluesmen slip away, there'll be scarcely enough great acts to pass the baton on which will justify the sacrifice of the masters we have all come to know and love.  Sure, many think, it's easy to play the blues especially all the would-be blues imitators.

Kevin Mark is not one of these, he's the real article. Listen to the songs in flash player, that says it all.