Mark Laurent - Kindness In A Strange City
8 Mt Eden Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland
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"I only do solo concerts occasionally, so I'm hoping to visit a fair selection of the stuff I've written over the years. My first album came out in 1982, so there's a bit to choose from, and I'm open to requests."
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Mark has been a professional guitarist, singer/songwriter for over 40 years. He plays rock, blues, reggae, country, folk, & dabbles with jazz/world.
"The highlight of the entire evening took place when Mark launched into some blues (to a discerning audience in a Blues festival town), during which he played blistering, brilliant acoustic guitar licks, while voice-mimicking lead guitar sounds note for note, nuance for nuance in a masterful display of technique and taste that stands as one of our Club’s most memorable performances to this day. Not only that, but he had ‘em alternately cracking up with laughter or grooving their butts off and clapping. He almost brought the house down!"
“Mookx” Hanley, BYRON VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, Byron Bay, NSW.
Mark has recorded many albums, written over 200 songs, and worked as producer/session musician on numerous projects, as well as session & sound engineering for live shows, jingles, demos, film soundtracks etc. He's also published 4 collections of poetry & an illustrated children’s book.
“Mark Laurent at the Bunker - magic - seeing is believing - hearing is mind-boggling. Confirming the guitar hero status that he earned several decades ago, Mark's guitar is just about as expressive as his vocals, and what a great songwriter! Listening to Mark is like being washed in Irish Cream. He sings from the heart, and it's as much a pleasure watching the audience enjoying the thrill that he obviously gets from sharing his songs and musical gifts. "It's only love in the end, that's all," and it shows in everything he does.”
Roger Giles The Bunker, Devonport
"Mark is an artist who comes from the heart. His music speaks a universal language that seems to touch every audience he plays to. The atmosphere he creates is intimate, warm, playful and rich with meaning and a wise knowing of shared experience that bathes the audience with a sense of belonging."
Rex McCann, Author
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