Marcus Foster

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 (8:00 PM - 2:00 AM)   |   Highline Ballroom 431 W 16th St New York NY

Marcus Foster
Marcus Foster


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Sean Rowe
Ruston Kelly

Marcus Foster


Born and raised in southwest London, from a very early age Marcus Foster began to explore and appreciate a wide range of musical genres. Foster´s childhood and teenage years might seem to offer a few clues as to the wide source of narratives that converge in his music. His poignant voice and the litany of his biographical landmarks are all combined with a salient feature of his personality; namely, a passionate curiosity for what creativity can conjure in terms of music, art and storytelling.

Music and art served not only as a refuge from the everyday, but as interlocutors that would help him to find his own voice and self expression. This is why throughout his songs there is a broad spectrum of echoes and reference to artists as diverse as Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, D´Angelo, Tom Waits, Prince, Otis Reading, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and, more recently, St. Vincent.

At first sight it might seem counterintuitive to try to render a coherent whole out of such a diverse array of influences. Yet a key drive behind Marcus´ work is a desire, not only to avoid the comfort zone of recreating old sounds, but to challenge himself in such a way that he can produce music and stories that, whilst in debt to the past, have been yet unheard.

It is this creative disquiet that led him to juggle songwriting with his six year long immersion in Fine Art studies. Marcus specialized in sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and completed an MA in 2008 at the Royal College of Art, whilst moonlighting as a singer in bars and clubs across London. It was at the end of his studies for his MA at the Royal College of Art that Charles Saatchi discovered his work, and promptly snapped up one of his creations. Saatchi was not the only one who liked what he saw: his work was subsequently exhibited in Italy and Greece.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 (8:00 PM - 2:00 AM)
Highline Ballroom 431 W 16th St, New YorkNY


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