Mark Lemaire is both a solo guitarist and a songwriter, performing all over the US and the EU with his wife, Cindy Lemaire, on harmony and lead vocals. His style incorporates fingerpicking, slap-and-tap harmonics, hand percussion, and that hard-to-describe something that sets him in his own musical category. While Mark's guitar solo pieces stand as complete statements, his harmonies with Cindy Lemaire are so perfectly matched that they seem like two people with one voice.
At a show, audiences do a lot of laughing, and some are also moved to tears. The material runs from tongue-in-cheek songs about married life to stories of the strange surprise of middle age creeping up on us. The music ranges from subtle, pin-drop delicate solo guitar to raucous sing-alongs. Folks leave at the end grinning and fulfilled.
Mark’s has been a recording engineer and producer for everyone from the San Francisco Symphony to Rolling Stones’ producer Jimmy Miller. Mark and Cindy tour the USA , Europe, England and Scotland. Besides Cindy’s supple onstage harmonies, her voice rings clearly in her role as a New Urbanist/ city planner, making downtowns friendlier for walkers and bicyclists. With four albums released, Mark and Cindy are a pleasure to hear and fun to just be with. Please check out "Practice Makes Perfect", "Home Isn't Home", and "Rubato, Pieces for Guitar". Thanks!
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