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SELECTED BY RECORD STORE DAY UK/EUROPE 2026
The Gary Marks album Crossroads was selected as an official Record Store Day UK/Europe 2026 exclusive vinyl release.
Lantern Heights Records presents 14 songs spanning five decades, including nine previously unreleased recordings.
Gary Marks
Singer-songwriter, recording artist, and published author.
Gary Marks is a five-decade American singer-songwriter whose reissued 1970s albums—featuring future jazz greats John Scofield and Paul McCandless—are being rediscovered alongside his 2026 Record Store Day release, Crossroads.
Recent independent editorial coverage includes The Arts Desk; Noise11, in a career feature by Australian music journalist Paul Cashmere; EARMILK; It’s Psychedelic Baby! Magazine; Americana Highways; and Stereo Embers Magazine.
EARMILK: “Gary Marks shares liberating and uplifting track ‘The Elemental Line’,” April 2026
“A powerhouse talent who has pushed the conventions of industry expectations, Crossroads is a rare chance to discover a songwriter whose work bridges generations rooted in sheer passion for the craft over everything else....
...a songwriter whose voice has remained steady and powerful across five decades.”
Reliving My Youth Podcast: “Gary Marks,” May 2026
“Gary Marks... might be one of the best singer/songwriters you’ve never heard of.” — Reliving My Youth podcast, Noel Fogelman, May 2026
“Wholly unique music that will blow your mind.”
San Francisco Bay Guardian: “Gary Marks, Past the Nightwatch,” Best of San Francisco & The Bay Area (18th Annual Salute), July 31, 1991
“Marks is a meticulous craftsman, injecting modern-pop song forms with interesting harmonic subtleties and jazz-rooted sensibilities.”
V13 Media: “Gary Marks Announces ‘Crossroads’ LP; Shares ‘I Guess It Never Stops’,” March 2026
“For five decades, Gary Marks has written songs about power, compassion, and freedom—themes that feel strikingly current in 2026.”
Selected Past Reviews include the Oakland Tribune; San Jose Mercury; San Francisco Bay Guardian—18th Annual Best of San Francisco & the Bay Area Salute; Jazz Magazine; and Tower Records Japan.
Selected Independent Coverage
Gary Marks Premieres New Music Where We Started And Nobody's Following
Noise11 — Paul Cashmere — September 22, 2026
"...extending a five-decade songwriting catalogue into the political and social tensions of 2026."Malvika Padin, EARMILK: “Gary Marks Shares Liberating and Uplifting Track ‘The Elemental Line’”
Klemen Breznikar, It’s Psychedelic Baby!: “Gary Marks: Staying Inside the Song on ‘I Guess It Never Stops’ and New LP Crossroads”
Dave Cantrell, Stereo Embers Magazine: “‘Sky High’ From the Ever-Prolific Singer-Songwriter Gary Marks”
Thomas H. Green, The Arts Desk: Review of Gary Marks’ Crossroads
Achi Benetti, FAME Magazine: “Gary Marks Revisits Five Decades of Songwriting on Crossroads”
Mundane Magazine: “Gary Marks on Crossroads, Creative Independence, and Why the Patterns Never Really End”
PopDust: “Gary Marks Unearths Long-Lost Single ‘The Real World’ With a Remarkable Story Behind Its Recording”
Melissa Clarke, Americana Highways: “Video Premiere: Gary Marks ‘I Guess It Never Stops’”
Selected Historic Reviews
James V. Murray, San Jose Mercury: Review of Gary Marks and Upon Oanda’s Wing, December 14, 1977
W. Patrick Hinely, Jazz Magazine: Review of Gary Marks’ Upon Oanda’s Wing, 1979
Larry Kelp, Oakland Tribune: Review of Gary Marks, June 2, 1991
Derk Richardson, San Francisco Bay Guardian: Review of Gary Marks in the 18th Annual “Best of San Francisco & the Bay Area” issue, July 31, 1991
@Jazz_messengers: “Review of Gathering”
“‘Gathering’ remains one of the best-kept secrets in jazz-folk history.”
— @Jazz_messengers
It’s Psychedelic Baby! Magazine: “Gary Marks: Staying Inside the Song on ‘I Guess It Never Stops’ and New LP ‘Crossroads’,” March 2026
“Marks watches the rainforests fall and the boardrooms carve up the map with a heartbreak that feels earned.”
Fame Magazine: “Gary Marks Revisits Five Decades of Songwriting on ‘Crossroads’,” May 2026
“Crossroads captures that nerve: freedom, conscience, and power, without the nostalgia trap.”
Tower Records Japan, July 20, 2012 (translated from Japanese; on Gary Marks’ first three albums, Gathering, Upon Oanda’s Wing, and Thoughts of Why)
“Singer-songwriter masterpieces.”
— Tower Records Japan
Read the full Gary Marks Biography on EverybodyWIKI
Note: This page refers to Gary Marks, American singer-songwriter, musician, and author. Not to be confused with Gary Marks, the UNC political science professor, the professional golfer, or other individuals sharing this name.