Mark Utley

Mark Utley is an Indiana-born singer/songwriter who has called Cincinnati, Ohio home for the last 25 years. He is the driving force behind the acclaimed roots-rock/Americana band Magnolia Mountain, the honky-tonk Country outfit Bulletville, and the two Music for the Mountains fundraising concerts and compilation albums.A prolific songwriter, arranger, and interpreter of songs, Mark has written, recorded, and released six albums and almost 70 songs in the past seven years. In addition, his song

Mark Utley is an Indiana-born singer/songwriter who has called Cincinnati, Ohio home for the last 25 years. He is the driving force behind the acclaimed roots-rock/Americana band Magnolia Mountain, the honky-tonk Country outfit Bulletville, and the two Music for the Mountains fundraising concerts and compilation albums.

A prolific songwriter, arranger, and interpreter of songs, Mark has written, recorded, and released six albums and almost 70 songs in the past seven years. In addition, his song "There is Enough" was recorded and released on The Tillers' second album, By the Signs, he co-wrote the song "Pleasure" with acclaimed pianist Ricky Nye for Nye's 2014 album Swingin' Some Blues, and he contributed the musical bridge to "Killin' the Flower" and many of the bass parts for Shiny and the Spoon's Ferris Wheel album.

Mark is a three-time nominee for CityBeat Magazine's annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (CEA's) in the Songwriter category. He released his debut solo album, Four Chords and a Lie, in July 2013, and the follow-up, Bulletville, in 2015.

In addition to performing locally and regionally with Magnolia Mountain and Bulletville, Mark also plays out with stripped-down Trio and Quartet versions of MM, as a duo with bandmate Jeff Vanover, and as a solo act (including solo performances at the 2013 Bunbury Music Festival, the 2013 CEA award ceremonies, and solo shows with acclaimed fellow songwriters John Moreland, Wussy's Chuck Cleaver, Jeremy Pinnell, Six String Drag's Kenny Roby, and Glossary's Joey Kneiser and Kelly Smith). He has also performed and recorded as the bass player for Jasmine Poole's band Wonky Tonk, Shiny and the Spoon, and folk singer Janet Pressley.

Mark is currently at work writing new material for planned release in 2018.

Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle

Photos of Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle at Bockfest. Photos courtesy of KP Photography.

KP Photography

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Bunbury Music Festival 2013 :: Sunday

Photos of artists at Bunbury Music Festival 2013 on Sunday, July 14, 2013 at Sawyer Point / Yeatman's Cove.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Bunbury 2013 Sunday :: Fan Photos

Photos of fans at Bunbury Music Festival 2013 (Sunday, July 14, 2013).

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Get Stuffed on Local Music at The Southgate House Revival

On Wednesday, 16 acts on 3 stages, including special guests from Nashville, Joshua Black Wilkins and Cincinnati Native, Lee Rolfes. This is a great opportunity to check out a diverse slice of the local music scene! We’ve kept the cover very low, $5 and it’s an all-ages...