Mark Ashworth
Mark sings songs both traditional and contemporary, including some of his own compositions, accompanying himself on guitar and bouzouki/octave mandolin, in a folk/roots-based style. He is a regular performer at Maidenhead Folk Club and occasionally further afield.
"I am a songwriter, singer and musician, performing my own and other people''s songs, rooted in the broad folk tradition...
I sing songs both traditional and contemporary, including some of my own compositions, accompanying myself on guitar and bouzouki/octave mandolin, in a folk/roots-based style. I am a regular performer at Maidenhead Folk Club and occasionally further afield.
To my great delight, some of my songs are sung regularly by other singers, and one or two have been recorded. I have also won occasional awards for songwriting. I was a finalist five times in the BBC Radio Lincolnshire Song for Lincolnshire competition, winning first prize in 2010 with When the gallopers come to town (I was also placed 2nd and 3rd in other years). You can read a review of the 2010 competition here.
In 2017 I won first place in the Maidenhead Folk Club song competition with Common ground and more recently I came first in the 2023 Watford Folk Club song competition with A fine fool."