7 May 2024 - Mark will be releasing a new recording shortly, the first of two in this calendar year : Priest, Take A Drink.
1 January 2024- Love Has Won, the recent HBO documentary, features music from Mark’s RVNG album Few Traces, available here.
20 October 2023- Long Ways, an exhibition of Mark’s recent paintings and prints runs thru the 28th of October @ Arts Fort Worth. In addition, Mark will once again be participating in this year’s Arts Goggle festival on Saturday Oct. 21, on Magnolia, in Fort Worth’s Southside…in music news: two new recordings should surface in the near future… New paintings added to the Gallery section…
4 August 2022- Arriving in early November: The Midlothian Gardens. An experimental album recorded over a fortnight in Edinburgh, with each piece written, recorded and mixed on consecutive evenings.
4 April 2022- More lyrics from the forthcoming record: In the Life of the Fields… More paintings added to the Canvas and Paper page of this site …
14 February 2022- More lyrics added to the Blog section of the site. Mark is currently completing the mastering and running order for a wordless recording: The Midlothian Garden, recorded in Edinburgh in November. More details coming soon…
1 December 2021- Final mixing this month for a new recording : In the Life of the Fields. Watch the blog section of this site for the lyrics and release information.
The sketchbook page of the site has been updated to feature recent sketches…
17 December 2020- Gallery section has been updated with new paintings and prints, available for purchase. If you would like more information with regard to a particular work: info@markrenner.net
Mark is in the final mixing stages of his next recording, for release in late spring of 2021…
15 June 2020- The Gallery section has been updated with several new paintings, available for purchase from this website. If you would like more information with regard to a particular work, please contact : info@markrenner.net
10 April 2020- Seaworthy Vessels are in Short Supply Mark’s new record is out now in several formats (vinyl pending ) and available from the usual outlets, including Bandcamp . You can also stream this and Mark’s current discography on Spotify, ITunes, Amazon and all major streaming sites.
Mark is currently recording demos for his next record.
26 October 2019- Prophet Bird is the lead-in single taken from Mark’s forthcoming album: Seaworthy Vessels are in Short Supply. The song is available now to preorder from Bandcamp, as one of four songs featured on the Prophet Bird EP, three of which are exclusive to this release. All four songs are available on the limited edition cd, with full- color jacket. Included with the preorder- an immediate download of the single, and the rest of the material becomes available at the end of November, and will eventually feature on iTunes, Amazon and the usual streaming/ dl sources.
14 June 2019- Pleased to disclose two events on the radar- Paintings, Prints, Drawings, Sound- an exhibition of Mark’s recent work and featuring a live gallery performance at Big Medium/ Creative Standard on Friday, July 5, followed by a live show on Saturday, July 6th at Kinda Tropical, both in the nation’s live music capitol of Austin, Texas… (please see Facebook for times and locations ). Sponsored by the arts journal Fields magazine and Cultural Arts, Austin…
8 Mar 2019-The first of two new recordings to be released this year: Salt& Firewood. Out 0n 15th April- worldwide. Available thru iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon and record shops the world over.
15 Jan 2019- Mark is currently completing the mastering for a new, wordless recording: Salt and Firewood, at Silence Audible in Fort Worth, Texas. More info on release date and live dates coming soon…
7 May- If you missed last night's radio session on Samantha's show on WFMU, you can listen to the songs archived on the station website here .
5 April- Few Traces was given a 4-star review in the April edition of Mojo ... Mark was recently interviewed for the Swiss site: From Here to Now. You can read the interview here.
16 February- Few Traces, an archival excavation of Mark's rare and unreleased material is out today via RVNG intl. (lp/cd/dl ). You can order here. Below are a few links to interviews, reviews and articles relating to the record:
8 December- Some more links for news about Mark's aforementioned Few Traces-
7 December- You can have an early look at the trailer for a forthcoming documentary on Mark, directed by Maia Stern here.
More information on the forthcoming recording, Few Traces featured here in SPIN ..
You can now purchase Mark's last 4 recordings (CD or download) and pre-order the new album: Few Traces, from the ever reliable Bandcamp here...
2 December- Mark's next recording will be released on RVNG Intl. on Feb.16,2018. Few Traces, will be available as a limited 2 lp set on white vinyl, a black vinyl version, CD and download. The compilation is an archeologist's scan through the relics of early material. You can pre-order now through Bandcamp. Edinburgh based filmmaker Elspeth Parsons has put together some footage to accompany Half a Heart, a taster from the retrospective. You can view it here .
24 October- New paintings have been added for view on the gallery page of this site.
Recording continues in Texas and Scotland for the forthcoming album: Seaworthy Vessels are in Short Supply - pushing hard to complete by January 2018
20 August- Recording continues in Baltimore and Texas on the forthcoming album: "Seaworthy Vessels are in Short Supply ". Lyrics for the new songs are gradually being added to the Blog section of this site...
17 April- Mark will be exhibiting at the mammoth Fort Worth Main St. Arts Festival (booth 355 ) 20- 23 April in Fort Worth, Tx
Recording continues in Baltimore in May, songs for the forthcoming record : Seaworthy Vessels are in Short Supply
8 February- Mark is currently working on new paintings for exhibit later this spring...
Mastering for Mark's next recording - Salt and Firewood is scheduled for March, for release later this year
