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Artist: Mark Rogers and Mary Byrne
Title: I Line My Days Along Your Weight
Label: Important Records
Genre: folk noir/folk music
CD review by Dante Mann
I Line My Days Along Your Weight, the debut album by Mark Rogers and Mary Byrne , is compelling and an intriguing form of modern folk. There is a distinct southern flavor to this album; the music is subtle and minimalist while remaining dynamic and stylistically robust.
Photo by Robert Menzer
By Steve Weinstein (The Village Voice Blogs), Wed., Nov. 5 2014 at 3:00 AM
With Bushwick already having gone the way of the East Village and Williamsburg, musicians in New York remain “all but extinct,” at the top of the city’s critically endangered list.Read More >>
Date: October 14, 2014
Venue: Rockwood Music Hall (NY)
Concert Review by Dante Mann
Photo by John Greco
It is rare when two folk musicians can keep a room’s rapt attention and intimately engaged for the entirety of a performance. These Georgia-to-New York transplants, Mark Rogers and Mary Byrne accomplished such a feat last Tuesday, kicking off a tour in support of their beautifully titled new album I Line My Days With Your Weight.
Curated by Negin Sharifzadeh
Date: September 21 through September 28, 2014
Studio: FlickerLab (78 Crosby Street, Suite: #203, NY, NY 10012)
Time: 11am to 7pm
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 21, from 5-9pm
