Golden Age
Mr. Sounds
Little Animals
Gathering Place
Songs from the Country
Stream
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Golden
Age Mark Weakland, 2006 Title track (2002 JLSC Honorable Mention) plus nine originals and covers of David Crosby's Page 43 and John Prine's Paradise |
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Hearkening back to his first recording Stream and featuring drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards and guitars all played and performed by Mark, Golden Age is groove-oriented blend of lyrical and melodic rock, pop and world-beat. At times exuberant, at times introspective, the ten original songs and two reinterpreted covers comment on American life in the "Golden Age" of the 21st Century and shed light on Mark's little Western Pennsylvania corner of the world. This album features Golden Age, winner of an honorable mention in the 2002 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and covers of David Crosby's Page 43 and John Prine's Paradise. |
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Mr. Sounds Mark Weakland, 2003 Featuring the award-winning songs Dooflicky Machine and I Sure Love Pancakes |
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Featuring the sounds of a hippo in a snowstorm, a gigantic and fantastic dooflicky machine, and a singing slug, Mr. Sounds serves up an acoustic mix of folk, rock, jazz and bluegrass for all age. Witty word play, energetic dance beats, scores of silly sounds and wacky character voices, and great acoustic playing are the common musical threads that run through every song, including ten original tunes and two children’s classics (Mama Don’t Allow and Come to My Farm). Across the 12 songs, Mr. Sounds aims to provide high quality acoustic music that is educational and fun for children, teachers, parents, and grandparents.
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Little Animals
SMG BEST SELLER! Winner, 2001 Parents' Choice Award Mark Weakland, 2001 "Little Animals is both educationally meritorious and fun!" - NEA Today |
| The witty, engaging songs on this new release by singer-songwriter Mark Weakland are sure to get your little ones and you singing. The music of Little Animals teaches children about animals and nature, and is bound to be a staple in your children's music library. Contains the award-winning songs Squirrel and Nut and Bed Bug Bounce, plus 11 other original songs and some new takes on a few old classics. Recommended for both children and adults. | |
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| The best in spoken and sung word, Gathering Place offers songs and poems that talk to one another in their visions of the Allegheny Mountains, Pittsburgh, old coal and steel towns, potato farming, and the glory that is Route 22. Introspective and original, this collaboration between songwriter Mark Weakland and poet Mike Kane uncovers and explores the poetry and music inherent in Western Pennsylvania's hills, runs and old coal towns. This limited edition CD features nine poems and six songs, including poems published in Nimrod, Phoebe, the River Oak Review and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. | ||
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Interested in a Gathering Place CD or live performance? Please e-mail Mark at springwatermg@earthlink.net for more information |
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Songs from the Country Mark Weakland, 2001 "[Songs from the] Country is a great collection of songs, acoustic-based but blessed with great arrangements and Weakland's expressively warm, melodic voice. Buy it!" - Phil Harris, Pittsburgh Magazine (January 2002) |
| Folky, acoustic, and more than a bit country, Songs from the Country features 11 original songs from singer-songwriter Mark Weakland, including Blue in Blue (Honorable Mention in the 2001 John Lennon Songwriting Contest), and original renderings of Bruce Cockburn's Going to the Country and the country classic, Long Black Veil. With music and lyrical imagery inspired by life, love, and the beauty of the countryside. | ||
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Stream
Mark Weakland, 2000
| Take a twist of John Prine, throw in a handful of pithy Buddhist sayings and a few R and B grooves, add a little Jerry Garcia, and blend in a studio mixer for four days. What do you get? Stream! Driven by a foundation of acoustic guitars and drums and featuring solos on electric violin and guitar, the 11 original songs on Stream are groove-oriented blends of rock, jazz and alternative folk. | ||
| "Passion and conviction...sincerity and zeal...strong and convincing vocal performances...excellent lyrics...Mark, there's good stuff here!" - TAXI: An Independent A&R Vehicle (2001) | ||
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| Winner of the Parents' Choice Silver Medal and featuring Bed Bug Bounce, top ten winner in the John Lennon Song Writing Competition, this delightful collection of catchy songs and zany characters is sure to help both children and adults beat the bedtime blues. | ||
| "...Songwriters and producers Paula Purnell, Bruce Adamson and Mark
Weakland have put together a rollicking set of songs... [It's] a folk-rock alternative to those
lulling lullaby tapes you used to play." -- Pittsburgh Magazine |
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