“Revolutions go in Circles” out now!
MARK MULHOLLAND WEBSITE SELECTION
Various Albums Tracks
2022
REVOLUTIONS GO IN CIRCLES
Mark Mulholland
Release 27/5/22
THE DEVIL ON THE STAIRS
Mark Mulholland
2019
KUMA
Kankou
2019
MEDICINE TUNES
Tony Rose
2018
THE DARKNESS BETWEEN THE LEAVES
Alba Griot Ensemble
2018
ROLL HIGH & ROLL GOOD - SONGS OF TONY ROSE
Various Artists
2018
SOMEWHERE ELSE
Rummage
2016
AFRO-HAITIAN EXPERIMENTAL ORCHESTRA
Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
2016
NEW PLANET
Joe Armstrong
2016
CHAOPHONIES
Frankétienne & Mark Mulholland
2014
WAITING FOR THE STORM
Mark Mulholland & Craig Ward
2012
THE CACTUS AND THE DRAGON
Mark Mulholland
2011
NEW ADVENTURES
Two Dollar Bash
2011
LOST RIVER
Two Dollar Bash
2008
ON THE ROAD
Two Dollar Bash
2007
TWO DOLLAR BASH
Two Dollar Bash
2007
FUNTENI BE BI DE
Funteni Baby
2017
Moving On - Mark Mulholland - Revolutions go in Circles
New Adventures - Two Dollar Bash - New Adventures
Walk a While - Mark Mulholland - Revolutions go in Circles
Claret Blue - Rummage - Somewhere Else
Ville schizophonique - Frankétienne & Mark Mulholland - Chaophonies
River Walk - Mark Mulholland - Revolutions go in Circles
Taking A Taxi - Two Dollar Bash - Two Dollar Bash
Waiting for the storm - Mark Mulholland & Craig Ward - Waiting for the Storm
The Cactus and the Dragon - Mark Mulholland - The Cactus and the Dragon
When It's Over - Mark Mulholland - The Devil on the Stairs
Moving On - Mark Mulholland - Revolutions go in Circles
River Walk - Mark Mulholland - Revolutions go in Circles
Walk a While - Mark Mulholland - Revolutions go in Circles
Drowning - Mark Mulholland - The Devil on the Stairs
When It's Over - Mark Mulholland - The Devil on the Stairs
Don't Want To Hear You Laugh - Mark Mulholland - The Devil on the Stairs
Sigi - Kankou - Kuma
Da - Kankou - Kuma
Kuma - Kankou - Kuma
When I Walk will you Follow - Tony Rose - Medicine Tunes
South of the Border - Tony Rose - Medicine Tunes
Getting it Together - Tony Rose - Medicine Tunes
Melt my Blues Away - Alba Griot Ensemble - The Darkness Between the Leaves
Long Way Home - Alba Griot Ensemble - The Darkness Between the Leaves
Horonia - Alba Griot Ensemble - The Darkness Between the Leaves
Joe Armstrong and friends - You Dont do Nothing Wrong - Various Artists - Roll High & Roll Good
The Mayhaws - Old Woman - Various Artists - Roll High & Roll Good
The Slaters - So Blue - Various Artists - Roll High & Roll Good
Claret Blue - Rummage - Somewhere Else
Departure Lounge Blues - Rummage - Somewhere Else
Hoodathunkit - Rummage - Somewhere Else
Salilento - Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra - Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
Bade-Zile - Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra - Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
Mon-Ami-Tezin - Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra - Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra
You Don't Get it - Joe Armstrong - New Planet
Guilt Ridden Blues - Joe Armstrong - New Planet
New Planet - Joe Armstrong - New Planet
Mots et Rêves - Frankétienne & Mark Mulholland - Chaophonies
Ville schizophonique - Frankétienne & Mark Mulholland - Chaophonies
Bleu fou - Frankétienne & Mark Mulholland - Chaophonies
All the doors are open - Mark Mulholland & Craig Ward - Waiting for the Storm
Waiting for the storm - Mark Mulholland & Craig Ward - Waiting for the Storm
A strange place - Mark Mulholland & Craig Ward - Waiting for the Storm
Why d'you Treat me This Way - Mark Mulholland - The Cactus and the Dragon
Another Falling Star - Mark Mulholland - The Cactus and the Dragon
The Cactus and the Dragon - Mark Mulholland - The Cactus and the Dragon
New Adventures - Two Dollar Bash - New Adventures
Blame it on me - Two Dollar Bash - New Adventures
Same old lie - Two Dollar Bash - New Adventures
Blue Skies Once Again - Two Dollar Bash - Lost River
Man In Black - Two Dollar Bash - Lost River
Reprobate - Two Dollar Bash - Lost River
Roulez, Roulez - Two Dollar Bash - On the Road
Tomorrow Never Comes - Two Dollar Bash - On the Road
Whisky - Two Dollar Bash - On the Road
Old Mail Train - Two Dollar Bash - Two Dollar Bash
Taking A Taxi - Two Dollar Bash - Two Dollar Bash
The Devil And The Angel - Two Dollar Bash - Two Dollar Bash
Anw te Kele fe - Funteni Baby - Funteni Be Bi De
Funteni Be Bi De - Funteni Baby - Funteni Be Bi De
Mvulu - Funteni Baby - Funteni Be Bi De
The 3rd album by Scottish singer-songwriter Mark Mulholland, ranging from breezy pop-rock, Celtic folk and jazz to reggae and psychedelic afro-beat, while always retaining the distinctive style that makes Mulholland’s songwriting unique.
Recorded in Bamako, Paris, Berlin and New York, it features collaborations with many of the musicians he has worked with in recent years, including the late Tony Allen, Toumani Diabate, Yacouba SIssoko, Vincent Bucher, Sean Condron, Pamela Badjogo & Baba MD.
Let’s go back to the beginning. Then forward, around again. Let’s seize another chance. Follow a different silver thread. And arrive at the point of departure. “Revolutions go in circles always back to the start/ And leave you wondering why you tore it apart,” sings Mark Mulholland on ‘Carousel’, one of 12 finely crafted songs on his long-awaited third solo album, Revolutions Go In Circles. “But I still can’t help believing in the promise of a brand new day.”
There’s hope here. For fresh starts, new vistas, and finding redemption in a song.
“Sometimes songs rear their heads and say ‘It’s time for me now’,” says Mulholland, the Scottish singer-songwriter whose work as a solo artist, band member and producer has won him a stellar international reputation. “These are songs that tell stories. About good times, and making the most of the time we have left. About going with the flow. Finding salvation in your friends.”
Mixed and mastered by Grammy-winning producer David Odlum, Revolutions Go In Circles boasts recordings made in Berlin, New York, Paris and Bamako, Mali, of songs performed live in cities including Prague, Port-au-Prince and Maputo. Here are old songs refreshed and songs created new, each song buoyed by Mulholland’s expressive voice, skill on guitars – acoustic, electric, bass, slide – and knack for melody and harmony. And indeed, by musicians with whom he has long collaborated: American multi-instrumentalist Sean Condron. From Nigeria via Paris the late Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. From Mali, kora maestro Toumani Diabaté, n’goni player Yacouba Sissoko and singer and kamelen’goni player, Baba MD. Plus a wealth of comrades on everything from fiddle, harmonica and piano to synths and backing vocals.
The resulting blend of rock, blues, jazz, psychedelia, Celtic folk and Afro-Manding styles – and elements of reggae, Afrobeat and the raw energy of punk – is woven seamlessly into Revolutions Go In Circles. ‘Moving On’, the album’s first single, is a propulsive tune that was originally sung on the streets of Prague. This time around it comes with by a video shot in the wild Camargue region of France and directed by French film auteur Bertrand Fèvre, known for his work with Chet Baker and Miles Davis, and whose vision posits “Moving On’ as an anthem for the restless. “You can usually feel when it’s time to leave things behind, and my decisions tend to be based on intuition rather than reason,” Mulholland says.
Instinct, too, had him paying attention when older songs demanded another turn, and new songs begged to be written. Songs such as ‘Getting There’, a harmonica-fuelled tune about time passing; ‘River Walk’, in which Allen’s dynamic drumming underpins loping desert blues; ‘Live Anywhere’, a musing on a line borrowed from Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; traditional American folk song ‘900 Miles’ comes West Africanised, its tale of long-distance loneliness made magical, even revolutionary. ‘Silence Falling Slow’ is all soft light and shade; ‘Carousel’ is stripped down yet layered with meaning – another highlight on an album that is filled with them. Each song – indeed, the album itself – inviting repeated listening. Ready? Then let’s begin. Again. And again.
Jane Cornwell
