A dozen albums strong, Mark Perry is deeply loved in Canada for his good-humoured and thought-provoking performances that get festival audiences up on their feet and make theatre crowds feel like they’re in his living room.

Perry’s concerts feel like a Canadian roadtrip as he sweeps you up in emotional and animated tales of sinking ferries, rising rivers, NHL dreams, or buying a car for “two cords of wood and 24 beer”. Towns dying, towns being born, small planes going down… this Canadian singer-songwriter draws us in to reflect and to laugh as he pays tribute to real characters and events in rural Canada. His music connects us from coast to coast. 

“New Jersey has Springsteen, New York has Billy Joel, northern BC has Mark Perry. These are the storytellers of their times and places,”  Frank Peebles, PG Citizen.

In 2020 he was recognized by Roots Music Canada for his 2019 single release of “Cold Road” which became one of their Top 10 most popular reads. Mark was also invited to perform an official showcase at Folk Alliance International in New Orleans in 2020, a notable music conference drawing an audience of 3,000 attendees from around the world.

Perry has been writing, recording and performing since the mid-1990s when he recorded his first album with Roy Forbes and Shari Ulrich, and headed out on to tour with Connie Kaldor as her opening show. These days he sells out his own theatre shows in western Canada. He is well-loved in his region of the world and, with recent exposure showcasing at international music conferences, his songs are getting a new rush of international airplay in places like New Zealand, the UK, and across North America– from Alabama to New Jersey to Alaska.

Perry is currently touring with a variety of talented accompanists including Mark Thibeault (Hungry Hill), Tobin Frank (Spirit of the West), Ian Olmstead (Alex Cuba) and Mip (Mip Power Trio). With 12 albums recorded and another in the wings, Perry has a huge repertoire of both contemplative and lively songs to draw from; he enraptures you with a dirt road ballad one minute, and has you cutting a rug to a river-rising frolic the next.

Home Base: British Columbia

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