It’s always a special moment when a songwriter finds their voice. Mark Sholtez surfaced on our radar with his 2006 jazz-inspired debut ‘Real Street’, (an ARIA Top 30 album and also debuting in the ARIA Jazz and Blues chart at #1 where it stayed for ten consecutive weeks, was nominated for an ARIA award in that same year, and in 2007 won him a converted APRA Music Award). When hitting the promotional trail for his debut Sholtez learned guitar to perform the songs everywhere from small clubs to rather large TV shows. It would be a pivotal turning point for what became his latest release, ‘The Distance Between Two Truths’(Beverly Martel). Sholtez had a vision of his second album. Charmed by his production work with Madeleine Peroux, he contacted American producer Larry Klein. They bonded over a shared love of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, early Springsteen and of Neil Young’s Harvest. After one lengthy phone call they’d already decided they wanted to make a record together.
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