Mark Brend

Book Review: Mark Brend “Down River: In Search of David Ackles”

July 25, 2025 Graeme Tait 8

Brend’s detailed and passionate evaluation sheds light on one of the great maverick talents of popular music. David Ackles’ recording career lasted barely six years, yielding just four albums. Of those four albums, his third, “American […]

Ghostwriter “Tremulant”

September 26, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Moving and uplifting music that defies genre or predictable structure. Ghostwriter, the nom de music of writer Mark Brend, has intermittently produced music in an ambient folk space. This time regular confederates Suzy Mangion, Andrew Rumsey and Michael Weston […]