Mark BRAGG CELEBRATES ON MARDI GRAS PROPER WITH THE PORCH. Mark Bragg
doesn’t need much of an introduction in his home town of St.
John’s, Newfoundland, where he’s as much a music establishment
himself as say, Fred’s Records or The Ship Inn Pub. His Newfoundland
fanbase has long been drawn to the tragic-hero protagonists he sings
about, and the wild-eyed persona that takes the stage to sing about
them.
But for the rest of us, after seeing Bragg play live for the first
time, we might wonder which kind of oddball inhabits the character on
stage in front of us: is it the harmless socks-with sandals sort of
madcap, or the locked in the trunk of a car variety?
While Bragg’s catalogue is full of dark humour and Southern Gothic
flavour, his 2018 album “Winter” hosts a subtler cast of
characters, making it his most accessible album to date.
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