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Dvorak performs folk classics like ?This Land Is Your Land,? Kisses Sweeter Than Wine? and ?Oh Susannah.? He mixes in standards from the American Songbook like ?Someone to Watch Over Me."
The Old Town School of Folk Music’s Mark Dvorak presents “The American Folk Song.” Dvorak performs folk classics like “This Land Is Your Land,” Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” and “Oh Susannah.” He mixes in standards from the American Songbook like “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie,” “When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin Along,” “I’m My Own Grandpa,” the old cowboy song “Tumblin' Tumbleweeds,” “St. Louis Blues” and “Georgia On My Mind.”
His program also includes stories about growing up in the Chicago area, songs he remembers from his grandparents and songs he learned while he was a student at the Old Town School of Folk Music, where he has been on faculty for the last twenty-nine years.
Mark has a refreshing, down-to-earth stage presence and is a very engaging performer. He sings with a clear, signature voice and likes to joke around with the folks who attend his shows.
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The Chicago Tribune has called Mark Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” In 2012 WFMT 98.7 fm Midnight Special host Rich Warren named him “Chicago’s official troubadour.”Mark Dvorak has given concerts in nearly all of the United States and has made visits to Ireland, Finland and Canada. He has recorded eighteen albums including this year’s independent release Let Love Go On and 2011’s acclaimed Time Ain’t Got Nothin’ On Me.
Dvorak has won awards for journalism, children’s music, and in 2013 received the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he was honored with the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.
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