Paul Mark & The Van Dorens

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Triple-threat songwriter-musician-producer Paul Mark has been mystifying critics and barflies for decades. With a striking lyrical edge and an encyclopedic facility with American roots music, Mark has curated a top-drawer original song catalog that draws the most discerning listeners.

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Documentary Film

The soon to be released full-length documentary probing the decades-long saga of New York City-based roots rock band Paul Mark & The Van Dorens. Click to view the film’s official trailer.

A cinematic oral history woven out musician interviews, street scenes and off-kilter guitar lore, the 90-minute film chronicles an original band’s futile trek to break through during a culturally bereft era.

PRESS QUOTES

"Ageless piano prowess…You can hear the experience in Paul Mark’s voice…A gem hiding from the mainstream…One of the best holiday songs I’ve heard so far this year"

Garth Thomas, Hollywood Digest

"Gravity is an unabashedly brilliant collection of music…a record for musicians, for lyric-lovers, and for seekers of eclectic storytelling…A theatrical, cinematic experience from start to finish. Lyrically brilliant, melodically excellent...could make even the most tenured session players jealous…Paul Mark is critically acclaimed for very good reason."

The Ark of Music

"A brilliant album…It stands up to [Mark’s] former releases dating all the way back to 'Go Big or Go Home'…'Forever' is a fantastic ballad…A great songwriter."

Graham Clarke, Blues Bytes

"Sensational…If Trick Fiction has so far gone unnoticed outside the northeastern and eastern United States, that needs to quickly be corrected…”

Blues Wax

"Literally bristles with raw energy... Mark’s gravelly vocals and reverberating guitar power every track... Impressive stuff indeed!"

Mick Rainsford, Blues in Britain

"Mirage Cartography is...a museum piece of what the acoustic guitar was invented for."

FAME (Folk and Acoustic Music Exchange)

"Stowaways is an unflinching album from an uncompromising artist."

Bob Silvestri, Best of WNY.com

"Magnificent…With decades behind him as a touring musician and band leader, Paul Mark has done it all and lived to tell about it…A terrific piece of music.”

Mindy McCall, IndiePulse Music

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Radiation Records

Radiation Records Inc. and its publishing affiliate Last Warning Music were founded in 1995 by New York City-based musician, songwriter and producer Paul Mark. Rad Records is laser-focused on the production and release of high-grade American roots rock – real music targeted at discriminating, trend-contemptuous listeners who are freakishly devoted to raw, soul-sourced performances and great original songs.