Mark Harrison Band

The grand parade: The songs & stories of Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison is an established, multi-award-nominated singer-songwriter, storyteller and guitarist with an ever-growing reputation for being unlike any other artist out there. He and his band perform all-original songs in his own very individual style, with elements of rock, folk, blues and Americana. He has been frequently featured on BBC Radio, including the Radio 2 Pick of the Week show and the Radio 2 Folk Show, and he and his band have been live guests on Cerys Matthews’s Radio 2 show. He has been described on the BBC as an artist who ‘makes you think afresh’ and by countless reviewers and audience members as ‘uplifting’ and ‘inspirational’.

Mark’s shows feature his memorable melodic songs with proper tunes, and thought-provoking and wry song introductions (which are not add-ons but are integral to the show and very much part of the songs and the audience experience). The songs cover a very wide range of topics of a kind that other people don’t write songs about. He sings and talks about the shared experiences, thoughts and concerns that many people have in their lives today, making audiences both laugh and think.

Mark is widely considered one of the top roots guitarists, with a very distinctive style on resonator, 12-string, slide and electric guitars. Charles Benfield (double/electric bass and harmonies) and Ben Welburn (drums and percussion) form a fantastic rhythm section unlike any other and are hugely acclaimed by audiences. Mark has been nominated multiple times in the UK Blues Awards (including 2025). 

What people say:

•           Everybody should be talking about Mark Harrison (Classic Rock magazine)

•           He takes very real things that happen in life and makes you think afresh about them (Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2)

•           a bit different and kinda groovy too (Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 2)

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