My knowledge of Dawn Eden, newly ensconced at Patheos, consists of having read a few of her blog posts and assorted interviews. I know the thumbnail sketch of her life: former rock journalist (and by her own admission a bit of a slut) who after Christ entered her life gave up sex and rock’n’roll in [...]
As I outlined in a trio of posts last week (here here and here), and one (here) a few weeks prior, Mark Scudder is a rarity: a talented, unashamedly conservative musician. His music is anything but jingoistic tea party fodder; his lyrics make you think and he refuses to limit himself to nothing but political [...]
Turn on the spotlight strike up the band Everyone’s looking my way They came to see the excitement firsthand And hear all that I’ve got to say Oh it makes me wonder What if I slip will they catch me Or watch me fall I am walking on a wire I tiptoe in through the [...]
Mark Scudder, whose new album The Solution is the Problem, available on iTunes, Amazon and direct from the artist, was released earlier this week, recently answered a few questions about what it’s like being a conservative rocker who doesn’t try to fit into preconceived molds. In this final part of a three-part interview, he talks [...]
Mark Scudder’s new album The Solution is the Problem, released today as a download through iTunes, Amazon and both download and physical CD on Scudder’s Bandcamp page, is an excellent piece of quality art. Scudder avoids the easy fix and the commonplace both musically and lyrically. His music, firmly rooted in plaintive, ofttimes minimalistic acoustic [...]
Mark Scudder’s new album The Solution Is The Problem comes out tomorrow (September 18th). As I’ve mentioned before, it’s a terrific album most definitely deserving a listen. The mostly retired music journalist in me wanted to find out more about Scudder so I in turn could share it with you. Over the next couple of [...]
On his Bandcamp page, Mark Scudder peers through his glasses, looking for all the world like a forlorn lost puppy. Once you’ve dug into his story, you understand this is far closer to the truth than one might suspect. Except in this case the puppy has been told, without justification, to get lost. Scudder is [...]