Mark Naftalin calendar of events -- updated: June 8, 2010

"...The emotion in his solo material was beautiful. He ran through an hour of music that really
took you on a journey...All I can say is it was beautiful. He was all over the piano..."

-- Peter Cahill, New England Blues Spectrum, reviewing Mark Naftalin's concert at
the Manchester Public Library, Manchester, New Hampshire, February 12, 2000

About the show
-- airtime for April, May & June, 2010: Wednesdays, 11 pm to midnight, West Coast time --
* to hear the show as it airs, click here for the KALW website
* to hear the most-recently-aired show NOW, click here and select "Blues Power Hour"

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, James Cotton, Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulson, Percy Mayfield, Carla Thomas, Ron Thompson, Henry Townsend, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, more...
28 photos altogether

"...Man, it was blues heaven in Chicago in the late fifties and early sixties, and I was an angel in residence. I moved out of my mother's house, I had to pull a knife on her to escape out the door with my suitcase full of underwear and Kirkegaard..."

-- From Part 3 of 9

"...He spins heart-stopping tales of loneliness, despair, addiction and redemption, timeless comments on life at the edges of American society..."

-- from Rolling Stone's four-star review of Percy Mayfield Live

-- from Down Beat's four-star review of Percy Mayfield Live

-- from CD Review's five-star review of Percy Mayfield Live

-- over two dozen from around the world -- all glowing!

"...Thoughts to remember: Never sell yourself or your art in any manner that would shame you. It's a good life, being a musician, so don't trade it in for a temporary high. If your music doesn't give you a natural high, then there is something missing in your music or yourself or both..."

-- From the essay "The Drummer As Person"