Mark Croft is a 14-time Madison Area Music Award-winning performer and acoustic guitarist from Madison, WI. A high-energy and talented musician, Croft has been performing full-time since 2005, playing his mix of Roots, Rock & Americana covers and originals. From Stevie Wonder to Paul Simon, Tom Petty to Springsteen, and the Beatles to Johnny Cash, he covers all the bases, and puts an original spin on the songs you know and love. He's also an award-winning songwriter and vocalist with six albums (and counting) of award-winning original music to his name. Croft performs as a solo acoustic act, as well a as duo with the exceedingly talented violinist, Jon Vriesacker, as a trio with journeyman and bassist, Dan Kennedy, and as the Mark Croft Band with percussionist Robert Boyd

"He'll play the prettiest thing you ever heard, then do a 180 and start cranking on that acoustic like theres no tomorrow, creating a freight train of a groove that drives right through you. It doesnt matter the genre, Mark can play it." - John Urban, Isthmus Magazine

"His up-tempo strumming and rapid-fire chord changes fill his songs with energy." - Katjusa Cisar, Capital Times

"Wonderful voice." - Peter Gabriel