MarkDignam

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Mark Dignam was born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised for the most part, in Finglas, a working class suburb known for its rough and tumble character, soccer players, and some fine singers and musicians. His mother, Maureen, sang around the house a lot, and the neighborhood itself, was soaked in music; Irish Traditional, Pop, Rock, Punk, Ska and Reggae tunes seemed to be everywhere. In the late 1980s Mark and Glen Hansard, began busking on Grafton Street in the city center. From the mid 90s Mark became a popular member of Dublin’s influential songwriter scene, and began to hone his highly lyrical Folk-Rock sound releasing Poetry and Songs from the Wheel in 1995. Ireland’s Hotpress Magazine voted the record one of it’s top ten debut albums of that year, and hailed Mark as a powerful voice on the singer/songwriter scene. He toured extensively in western Europe and the U.S. He has released four other records and is working on An American Tune, to be released in the Spring of 2022.