Big news! My brand new album, A Real Fine Day, was just released on Blue Star Records. I’m proud of this one. Sturgis Cunningham and Dale Monette on drums and Peter King and John O’Boyle on bass, all did a great job with these songs. It’s a true musical journey. I hope you’ll take it and have a real fine day!
We were honored to appear on a recent episode of Don Odell’s Legends television show. It lives up to its name and has featured a number of terrific blues and roots artists over the years such as Joe Louis Walker, Guitar Shorty, Pat Travers and The Royal Southern Brotherhood which includes Devon Allman, Cryil Neville and Mike Zito.
Please go to the Video page to view an interview I did with Art Tipaldi, Editor of Blues Revue magazine and to individual songs that feature Peter King on bass, Sturgis Cunningham on drums and special guest Tom Orszulak on tenor sax. Please enjoy!
“The Song” is a television show devoted to songwriters, composers and lyricists. To view an acoustic performance and interview with Mark Nomad please visit:
http://vp.telvue.com/preview?id=T01668&video=136977
TORCH TONES is on the list of best Blues albums in the 2012 Downbeat Critics Poll! A shout out to the the talented musicians who contributed so beautifully. We are deeply honored.
A dear friend recently forwarded this video from a television performance a few years back. Peter King and Billy Klock join me on this version of “Double Trouble” written by the great Otis Rush:
Please visit the website of talented photographer Giulio Limongelli who took the back cover photo on Torch Tones:
Here’s what Federico Borra said about his beautiful painting “Donna Rossa”which is the cover of Torch Tones:
“Donna Rossa is a woman who usually lives in the painting. Sometimes she leaves it, and appears in a dream. When you try to catch her you wake up and she’s back in the painting, not being able to remember her face.”
From the Nov/Dec 2011 issue of Blues Revue:
“…Nomad boasts powerful vocals and guitar prowess as well as some imaginative contemporary blues song crafting…Whether wrangling slide or letting his fingers do the talking, Nomad proves again to be a consummate singer, songwriter and player, and a qualified bluesman of the highest order…”
To listen to my new interview regarding “Torch Tones†with Mark Wade on A1Blues.com please follow link below:
http://a1artistspotlight.com/2012/03/05/250-mark-nomad-%E2%80%93-torch-tones/
From the April 2012 issue of DOWNBEAT Magazine regarding Torch Tones:
 “…his seventh and best album…his vocals show real emotional engagement…The high value of Nomad’s guitar playing is no more obvious than when he aggressively furrows the rich soil of his cranked-up Delta blues, ‘Poetry in Motion.’ Texture and nuance aren’t lost to sheer force.”