Singer, songwriter, accordionist, banjoist and more. Mark Growden makes darkly dramatic music in the style of Tom Waits, as well as cagey covers of Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and gospel tunes.
All are rendered with a faint sense of the macabre, or “American noir" (as he likes to put it), by his muscular voice coupled with baroque instrumental flourishes. He's almost ready to release his ninth studio album, Saint Judas, and will be back at the Hotel Cafe on March 16 to celebrate.
But for Wednesday night, it's the pirate-themed Redwood Bar & Grill for Growden. If we're lucky, he'll play us a ditty on the handlebars -- his bicycle's handlebars, that is.
Redwood Bar & Grill
316 W. 2nd St. Los Angeles
(213) 680-2600
For more information contact All About Jazz.
