Brave Enough Mark Kingswood

• 1 Tainted Love 03:09
• 2 Brave Enough 03:34
• 3 Spanish Tattoo 03:40
• 4 Alone Together 04:36
• 5 No More Crazy 04:08
• 6 Original 02:58
• 7 Everybody Wants the Moon 03:56
• 8 Keep Coming Back 04:10
• 9 Road to Lonely 03:36
• 10 Little Joe's 03:11
• 11 Pretend a Little Longer 03:56
• 12 Highwayman in the Sky 04:02
• 13 Crimson 03:53
• 14 Dream On 03:47
• Total Runtime 52:36

Info for Brave Enough

Brave Enough, from Mark Kingswood, brings back his signature 50 piece Big-Band sound with a dramatic and modern Kingswood touch for another collection of fresh original songs.

Brave Enough, from BBC Radio 2 Favourite Mark Kingswood, brings back his signature 50 piece Big-Band sound with a dramatic and modern Kingswood touch for another collection of fresh original songs. A modern, yet timeless sound sure to resonate with die-hard crooner fans. Recorded in Montreal. Canada, Brave Enough brings back signature Big Band sounds with a fresh and modern Kingswood touch for a collection of songs that will not only resonate with die-hard crooner but reach a whole new generation of fans reconnecting with the richness of fine musicianship. Expect to find variations in timbre, from toe tapping brassy up tempos to Motowns soulful flare. The album was solely produced by Mark Kingswood and this shines through in spades, painting an authentic picture and delivering the exact expression of how they originated in Marks creative mind.

With a strong passion to break the traditional crooner mould, Mark Kingswood bravely steps on new territory and furthers his goal of re-defining the boundaries of what a crooner can be. With a dedicated growing army of passionate and supportive fans gathering worldwide, its no wonder that Mark is fast becoming a respected name in the beloved genre of big band and pop-jazz music. With the success of Marks debut single Strong"" propelling Mark onto Daily BBC Radio 2 Playlists, TV Shows and Live Radio Sessions across the continents, as well as tour dates across North America and the U.K, its no surprise that Marks career is really soaring to great heights. With his latest album Brave Enough, its clear the great musical genres of the past are still very much evident in the success of both Marks musical compositions and also his story.

Mark Kingswood, vocals

Mark Kingswood
Mark's modern take on Big Band jazz infused with pop sensibilities, combines energy with elegance for a classy, ultra-cool style that harkens back to the days of crisp suits and the sexy sheen of The Rat Pack.

But he is so much more than a talented crooner trotting out the classic songbook, he is a gifted songwriter with an unrivalled flair for taking traditional Big Band music and injecting a 21st century tone and lyricism. Before finding his place in Big Band jazz, his varied career had taken him from winning childhood talent contests, numerous writing and production credits, as well as platinum and gold albums in countries as far apart as Japan, USA and Ireland.

The result of this journey is Kingswood’s exceptional debut album “Strong” – a destination on the musical journey he found himself on. “I think it’s just good honest music. I love live orchestras and the energy those musicians send out. I like big voices, big drums, big strings, big brass!”

Growing up in Kent in a home where a host of music was played on the family stereo, Kingswood gravitated to the powerful and charismatic recordings of singers from the 60’s to the 90’s many of them under the wing of producers such as Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson & David Foster. Mark soon became fascinated not only with the voices but how the songs were written, recorded and produced. For many years, while honing his musical and compositional chops, he also worked in studios learning the craft of engineering, producing, mixing and mastering from the ground up.

“We weren’t really listening to a lot of chart-pop music, but music that featured singers with big, distinctive voices and where there were a lot of complex orchestral arrangements. I really developed a love for that kind of music and it spurred my interest in learning how to capture those sounds and that sort of power,” Kingswood said, adding that as a singer he began entering talent contests as a small child, and by 14, was helping out in studios, learning that side of the music business.

“I’ve been fortunate getting a great deal of hands-on experience, working with different producers and songwriters and learning how to create and arrange a lot of different kinds of music. As a kid I hardly ever went out to play and wasn’t interested in things like football. I would just come home from school and sit at my keyboard for hours and hours trying to work out how to do things. I guess I just had this real insatiable hunger for music.”

The songs on Strong show off his range as a vocalist, writer, arranger and producer as they sway from brassy, up-tempo dancefloor numbers to charming, evocative ballads that would make Sinatra swoon.

This album contains no booklet.