Mark Kroos

Travel Journal / Blog

As we get things up and running again, I figured I would start putting some of my social media posts directly on the site - and it turns out that Nora already began a fantastic tour journal a few years ago, we had just never published it. So feel free to look those over, explore some of our travels that maybe we were too sleepy to share at the time :-) Enjoy!

Mar 29 2023

Petals Change

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Petals Change…from my album “Down Along the Lines of Joy,” and the second in a series of 3 floral-based tunes that finish the album. I like flowers.

This one is about the change of seasons…

Mar 16 2023

Flowers for April

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Flowers for April…Nora’s favorite song from my album, “Down Along the Lines of Joy.”

A couple of weeks ago I told y’all about how Nora and I met at one of my shows. The next…

Mar 9 2023

Community

Community…It has been an absolutely lovely birthday week celebrating life with my wife and my friends.

These are my people - and this isn’t even close to all of them! We found each other during the pandemic. Nora made some…

Mar 6 2023

65 & Sunny… From “Clarity”

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65 & Sunny…From “Clarity,” which is still my personal favorite of the albums I’ve recorded…

It threw me for a loop. I wanted to make a slow, pretty, meditative album of peaceful relaxing songs…how…

Mar 3 2023

Thanks for the wonderful birthday wishes!

Folks, thank you so much for the wonderful birthday wishes!

I turn 37 today. I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life, feeling grateful for my family, my friends and for music.

Thank you all for being a part…

Mar 1 2023

Nora’s Tune…if you haven’t heard it yet, it’s out wherever you listen!

It’s fitting that this song should be released on the 10 year anniversary of the night that we met - I actually didn’t even plan it that way…

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Feb 23 2023

Spring Tour and Feelings…

Spring Tour and Feelings…Schedule so far is lookin’ like… April 14th - Warrenton, VA April 16th - Hampton, VA April 23rd - Peoria, IL April 26th - Stevens Point, WI April 28th - Eagan, MN April 30th - Crystal Lake,… Read more

Feb 20 2023

New Guitar Alert!

New Guitar Alert! This instrument is a fan fret baritone made by Bryon over at Rood Guitars…and it’s amazing! I’m incredibly excited to add it to the arsenal. The story behind this guitar… Bryon got in touch with me back…

Feb 16 2023

Down Along the Lines of Joy...

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Down Along the Lines of Joy… That’s the name of an album I released in 2012 and this is the title track. I based it off of the notion that JOY is something beyond…

Feb 14 2023