Marcus on guitar, voice, piano, harmonica, banjo, mandolin,
Sam Harley on banjo, mandolin, electric guitar,
Dik Cadbury on fiddle
All Songs written by Marcus Foster
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Influences
Tom Waits, langhorne slim, bob dylan, M. Ward, sister rosetta tharp, nina simone,
Blind Willie Johnson, The Band, otis redding, John Jacob Niles, Mahalia Jackson, Karen Dalton, Willie Wright, Roberta Flack, The Doors, Howlin' Wolf, Leadbelly, Victoria Spivey, Billy Holliday, Joni Mitchell, Alela Diane, odetta, Bjork, Tim Buckley, jeff buckley , john martyn, johnny flynn, emmy the great, the rolling stones, van morrison, Nick Cave & The Badseeds, muddy waters, son house, nick drake, nico, joanna newsom, the andrew sisters, Bat for Lashes, the pogues, Arcade Fire, radiohead, ray charles, mississippi john hurt, rickie lee jones,woody guthrie, del sloan, bill evans, sam lindsey it goes on......
Marcus Foster is a London born musician and studies sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He grew up listening to Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Sister Rosetta Tharp giving him a raw, honest and timeless sound. His songs are currently featured in two motion pictures; Twilight and Five Dollars a Day, and he’s about to embark on a tour of America in August.
'Let Me Sign' is written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long, available on itunes.
New blog about Sam Bradley and the Men's 11/10 concert w. Justin Nozuka, as well as a bit about Bobby Long and Marcus Foster posted at the following sites:
Please Come to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to perform. Bobby Long was just here & performed live on my fav radio station. Luv for you to join him someday!
Amazing songs!! I'm from Brasil and listen your songs almost everyday on myspace or youtube. I don't have access to any other way here... Where are "Make it easy"? You take it way? Why? I love it!
Hi Marcus, glad you’ve become our friends on myspace. If you haven’t already make sure you join us at www.wohomusic.net to see what we’re all about and we’ll help you shout about your music. If you want us to carry out a CD or gig review or hold an interview with you just let us know and if it cuts it we’ll even add the write ups as features on our homepage! We’ll also add a track or two of yours onto wohoradio if you like? We’re always looking for ways to help musicians promote themselves so let’s get our heads together and see what we can do . . . look forward to seeing you and hearing your tracks on wohomusic soon!
Helllooo Marcus! I am anxiously anticipatin' Dec 10th. Just sayin' and I am REALLY hoping I can purchase your live album. I HAVE TO HAVE TUMBLE DOWN!!! That is all : ) xoxo
If you or anyone you know is looking for Artwork, please get in contact with myself and we'll see what we can come up with. The freakier the better!! Love Bailey @ Think Inc. Artwork x P.S. It would be for free as I'm building my portfolio x
God I love your music it seams no matter how pissy of a mood I'm in if I stop by for a listen I start to tap my feet and it makes me happy:) Thank you Buffy
Have i mentioned how excited we are in Toronto?? Can't wait to see you on the 15th. Be prepared for many encore requests - we're not gonna want to let you go. ya!
It's been way too long since I could listen to your wonderful musical stylings! I really hate computer viruses! well my comp is back and so am I. So I will be stopping by daily again to listen:) Buffy
I so wish you could have made it to Minneapolis so I could drag my husband to the show! Well, drag's not the right word.... entice? I suppose now I have the perfect excuse to go to Chicago, and to go see my bestie Lesley in NYC for Christmas!! I can't wait, see you soon :)
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