Entertainer, singer-songwriter, musician, and recording artist Mark Frederick Fisher engages and captivates live music audiences with his friendly, familiar delivery, and succinct and clever word play. He seamlessly delivers listeners to his offbeat world of lighthearted humor and poignant, introspective life observations that are at once familiar, satisfying and surprising. Mark serves up his own diverse mix of comedic, personal, and sociopolitical songs with a wry sense of humor. The latest release “Behind The Mask” dropped in 2022 and features many old friends, new collaborators, singers, players and post-Covid emotional support song team, delivering thirteen band-driven compositions laced with country, folk, and pop vibrations. Mark collaborates with a talented troupe of musical compatriots who have been playing together and performing for years. “A well-penned collection of feel-good tunes aimed straight for the heart.” – Brian Owens. Mark released his first CD They Went North in 1995, followed by Birthmark featuring “The Wren”, Scratch Board: Songs and Drawings, full of art by Mark with a more Americana production aesthetic, Four, with a devotion to his wife (they married that year), Don’t Get Me Started, and At Home Alone starting out with the barn burner “Fire in the Kitchen”. Mark began performing on guitar and vocals at age 12, then journeyed from band front-man to soloist in pubs, busking on the streets of America, at weddings and other events and venues. He sharpened his musical and performance skills in the late 70’s as a modern minstrel, traveling across the country and crisscrossing the states, busking, listening and accumulating stories as he played. Along the way, Mark learned how to hold an audience and deliver a great live music show. He has honed his innate ability to convey everyday happenstance in song to a steadfast art form. Mark has performed with his sister Donna Fisher-Russo since they were teens, combining sweet sibling harmony on Mark’s originals and popular music. In the 1980s Mark formed “Tunesmith”, setting the tone for popular live music performance in the area. Later, he was joined by bassist Kris Lucander, guitarist John Vedoe and drummer/percussionist Dennis Mahoney to create the Mark Fisher Band. Along with his original music, sets might contain familiar songs from the blues, some jazz standards, and Finnish jug-band favorites.