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Linda Marks

Linda holds a degree in Music with honors and distinction from Yale University, where she co-founded Something Extra, Yale’s 3rd women’s acappella singing group, as a 17 year old freshman. She ran Café Calhoun at Yale, and both sang and produced musical shows.

In the 1980’s, Linda performed in the Boston acoustic music scene and sang and co-wrote songs with Lisa Wexler. She appeared on “Music America” with Ron Della Chiesa, and released her first album of original music, “Dreams and Themes” in 1983. She founded and ran the Boston Arts Roundtable, a group of musicians and other artists who gathered for camaraderie and produced multimedia concerts.

In more recent years, she has sung at the Ryles, Skipjack’s, Amazing Things Arts Center, Scullers Jazz Club, The Java Room, Club Passim, L’Aroma Cafe, Club Cafe, the Hearing Room, Grill 37, The Burren, City Winery and , The Dedham Square Coffeehouse. (DELETE THIS and performs regularly as a duo with guitarist Terry Smith.) In April 2018, Linda co-founded an intergenerational artist-alliance group, the Women in Music Gathering, along with social media publicist Cindy D’Adamo and singer/songwriter Colette O’Connor. The group provided a curated musical collection for Rubyfruit Radio, and has performed at the Loop at the Armory in Somerville, and at an annual showcase at the Burren each November since 2018.

Linda has recorded fourteen studio albums working with Doug Hammer, Dreamworld Studio and with Erik Balkey, Hudson Harding Music and Glenn Barratt, Morningstar Studios: Heart to Heart (2015); Coming Full Circle (2016); Say Yes To Love (2017); Singer/Songwriter (2017); and Moments (2018), In Grace (2019), The Piano (2020), Songs At The Heart Of Life (2020), Monuments Of Love (2021), Home (2022), Kindness (2022), Everyday Legends (2023), A Recipe For Hope (will be released 1/1/24). Linda has performed at Boston’s top jazz and folk venues (Scullers Jazz Club and Club Passim). Her single, “The Lion” (release date: 7/1/18) was covered by the Indie Source and MobYorkCity. Her single, “Enough” (release date: 08/12/18), was covered by Hollywood Digest and the Boston Globe. Linda has appeared on many local and national radio and television shows including Talk ’N Tunes, The Wimmin’s Show, The Spotlight, Independent Corner on Cygnus Radio, Citywide Blackout, Under the Covers, and the Big Jazz Umbrella. Linda’s songs have won many awards including Periscope Music And Friends, World Music Awards (2022 for “I Can Only Imagine”), and Talent Is Timeless Long List (2022 for “Let There Be Love co-written with Mike Greenly). Linda runs International Singer-Songwriter Association (ISSA) Boston (Northeast) Chapter. She is a member of the Recording Academy and a BIG Records artist.

AND she just returned home from Atlanta Georgia where she was honored the International Singer Songwriters Association Award for ISSA Promotor of the Year USA . This is where Linda met Mark Rosner - CEO of BIG Records. The BIG Records team were at the ISSA Awards Gala to receive the ISSA award for Promotor of the Year. A meeting of like minded people bring extraordinary results.

You can find Linda Marks on the BIG Records Artist Page. Please take some time to get to know Linda, as you will be hearing a lot of activity from her.

Linda Marks – BIG Records

Enjoy the official video for September Morn by Linda Marks dropping September 29th.