Refreshing blend of feel-good originals will delight & engage you. Grammy winning musicians (Jeff Coffin, Andy Leftwich, etc) showcase the banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, accordion, sax, vocals (John Cowan), percussion--all played with passion!

16 MP3 Songs in this album (56:00) !
Related styles: Country: Americana, Country: Progressive Bluegrass, Instrumental

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Details:
Mark Daly has been composing and performing on the mandolin family of instruments (mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, and mandocello) since 1977. He is a voting member of the Grammy's.

Mark has performed with or opened for a variety of musicians/ bands including Charlie Daniels, Peter Rowan, Bela Fleck, Henry Butler, The Goshorn Brothers (Pure Prairie League), Kenny Baker & Josh Graves, Rod Powell, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Voodoo Loons, HardDrive, Mail Order Brides (Canada), Taylor Farley and Bluerock, Wade Krauss and Don Watson (1980 Olympics in Lake Placed), The Lashnitz Brothers Band, Shannon Tanner, the Zen Tricksters, among others.

Mark is on many recordings and has two solo projects (Inspired! and Connections). Pictures, video and more information at www.mandomusic.com

Here's What Others Have to Say About Mark's Music:
⢠"Absolutely terrific, congratulations on a stellar artistic achievement. I truly love it." -- Terry Hummel, Former Publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine

⢠"Mark Daly... seems to me to be very energetic and retaining the childlike curiosity it takes to always see something new in the commonplace. Probably why he's so good at what he does; he doesn't get bogged down. He doesn't seem to give in to routine. His mandolin playing shows this part of his personality, to me. I don't know anyone who plays like Mark. He seems to follow spur-of-the-moment ideas, one right after the other. Always curious, always searching, always energetic, always enthusiastic. I am happy to have such an encouraging and positive personality in my realm of acquaintances. I think we could all learn lessons from Mark's attitude towards life and living." -- Mike Compton, Grammy Award winning artist and American TreasureâNashville, Tennessee

⢠"I get quite a few albums from around the world, most of which are good but not great. Second string I call them, but when I slipped on the headphones with âConnectionsâ in the CD player, my heart lifted instantly. This is just the sort of gem we radio people live to discover. If I wasnât already a convert to mandolin. Banjo. Guitar, fiddle, dobro etc. I would be now. What a great way to start my day. God knows how Iâll choose which 2 tracks to play first up and donât worry the rest will get their chance in future shows." -- Phil Young--Folk On The Fringe, Mountain District Radio, 3MDR Victoria, Australia

⢠Mark Dalyâs Darwinâs Circle received a 2009 award nomination from Just Plain Folks (grass root Grammy's) in the Roots Instrumental category. Over 560,000 songs were reviewed with entries from over 160 countries. 1,800 songs were selected for a nomination among the various categories. -- According to Brian Austin Whitney, the Judges went through five rounds of reviews to select the nominees and had only one criterion: âDoes the music âmoveâ you?â

⢠"Connections" is an impressive work, perfectly played and arranged by a fabulous bunch of players under the direction of an excellent composer and mandolin player; it was great to discover there are still some bluegrass artists around who like to experiment adding new influences and moving toward the natural borders of the genre but at the same time remaining faithful to a pure acoustic soundâ -- Massimo Ferro--Radio Voce Spazio--Alessandria, Italy

⢠"Subtitled "New American Roots Music," it features 18 original tunes that sound at once like bluegrass classics yet refreshingly new; and the energy of this freewheeling instrumental showcase never seems to let up! With an ace crew of sidemen aboard---including Kentucky Thunder fiddler Andy Leftwich, among others---this Cincinnati-based mandolin killer is set to announce himself to the world. Don't miss it!" -- Elderly Instruments Review--Connections is a featured "Hot Platter" CD in Elderly's Instruments music catalogueâLansing, Michigan

⢠"Your track KILLER BEES is placed among the 10 most requested titles at our RTW radio program. Congratulations, all the best and lots of success!" -- Christina Claesberg--Director, Old Stringhouse Music Program--Herford, Germany

⢠"Great playing, great recording and job well done -- some really nicely done seriously good music." -- Scott Tichenor, Mandolin Cafe Host and Website OwnerâLaurence, Kansas

⢠"I thought you might be interested in a copy of my recent playlist, as I included a number of tracks from Connections. I was very impressed with that CD. The quality of musicianship is uniformly high - astonishingly so - and I had trouble trying to work out what NOT to include. A fine effort!" -- Arthur Elliott, Sidestream 99.7 FM--Brisbane, Australia

⢠"One of the best mandolin players in the country... Connections has some of the best musicians anywhere... this is the boy to watch" -- Taylor Farley, DJ on WNKU Live Radio Broadcast--Highland Heights, Kentucky

⢠"You rarely hear someone with this dexterity on ALL the mando family instruments, who writes for the many voices of the mandolin, within a larger band context. Mark wails on these larger bodied mando behemoths." -- Arthur Stern Co-Mando Online Review--Benicia, California

⢠"I'm really excited about this next CD. Mark Daly's music has really connected with me. It has a great line-up of musicians. It is a great CD." -- Strings & Things Radio Broadcast introducing Connections--Billings, Montana