Mark
Mulholland and Craig Ward's music represents their own take on the British folk
tradition of Graham, Jansch, Renbourn et al. Friends since their teens, when
both were playing in bands in Glasgow and Edinburgh in the late '80s, the two
have been travelling and playing music since, crossing paths at various points
along the way. Craig produced Mark's band Two Dollar Bash's third album Lost
River, and accompanied the band on a 5 week North American tour in 2007.
Around this time, the pair started talking of recording an album together,
drawing from their mutual influences of the likes of Pentangle and Nick Drake.
In the course of 2010 and 2011, they met up for a series of recording sessions
in Berlin, Antwerp and Rotterdam, and the resulting album Waiting for the
Storm, will be released in September 2012 by the Berlin label Cannery Row Records
and the London-based Jezus Factory Records, accompanied by a tour of the UK,
Ireland and France. The line-up is completed with the addition of Belgian
double-bass player Hannes d'Hoine, and the trio completed a successful tour of
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the Czech Republic in February and March
2012.
Mark
Mulholland's musical peregrinations have taken him through most
of Europe and North America to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he is now based. He
has released 2 solo albums, The Devil on the Stairs (2008) and The Cactus and the Dragon (2011), and
is also a member of Two Dollar Bash, who recently released their 4th
album, New Adventures. Mark is a former member of Impure Thoughts, and The
Oul' Bogwarriors, and has recorded with a wide variety of artists including Nikki
Sudden and Captain Sensible. He is currently also working on various musical
projects in Haiti, including collaborations with the world-renowned poet,
dramatist, painter and actor Frankétienne, who also makes a guest appearance on Waiting for the Storm.
Craig Ward
moved from Scotland to Antwerp after an invitation from Stef Kamil Carlens
(dEUS, Zita Swoon) to holiday there. It was a long holiday. Craig joined Kiss
My Jazz and found himself in the hub of a fervent music scene to the extent
that Rudy Trouvé suggested him as his replacement in dEUS (In A Bar Under The
Sea and The Ideal Crash era albums and tours). After leaving dEUS in 2004
Craig formed the acclaimed band The Love Substitutes with Mauro Pawlowski and Rudy
Trouve, releasing two albums, Meet The Love Substitutes While The House Is On
Fire (2005) and More Songs About Hangovers And Sailors (2007). In 2008 the 3
released a split solo album as Pawlowski, Trouvé and Ward. Craig is also a
member of True Bypass with Chantal Acda (Sleeping Dog, Isbells) whom released
an acclaimed album in 2010 via Jezus Factory Records; he also fronts the noise
jazz band A Clean Kitchen Is A Happy Kitchen who released their self titled
vinyl in 2011 and a split EP earlier this year with Silent Front. His
production credits include The Frames' For The Birds alongside Steve Albini.
Craig has recently moved back to his native Glasgow.
www.markmulholland.net
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