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NEW ZEALAND BORN SINGER/SONGWRITER MARK OAKLEY ( MOAKLEY ) HAS RECENTLY ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA TO PRESENT HIS DEBUT ALBUM ' ' MASK ', WRITTEN AND RECORDED IN BELGIUM BETWEEN 2005 AND 2007..HIS CONVINCING AND EMPASSIONED PERFORMANCES ARE COMPELLING AND ADDICTIVE, AS HE TRANCENDS A RANGE OF GENRES FROM GOSPEL, SOUL, BLUES, AND SIXTIES R & B MUSIC..HIS ORIGINAL SONGWRITING STYLE IS ELOQUENT AND PROVOCATIVE, YET COVER VERSIONS ARE TREATED WITH DISTINCTIVE FINESSE AND POWER AS HE MAKES EACH SONG HIS OWN..HIS INFLUENCES ARE WIDE AND VARIED INCLUDING BILL WITHERS, RAY CHARLES, ANNIE LENNOX, STING, JOSE FELICIANO, AND JOAN ARMATRADING TO NAME A FEW..Moakley - What's Inside
Dancing 'round each othther for years

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Member Since: 3/20/2007
Band Website: WWW.MARKOAKLEY.COM
Band Members: MOAKLEY IS A SOLO SINGER/SONGWRITER PERFORMER, BUT ON OCCASION PERFORMS WITH EXCELLENT BACKING MUSICIANS, INCLUDING PERCUSSION AND DOUBLE BASS COMBOS, AND SOPHISTICATED JAZZ GUITARISTS ..
Influences: Stevie WONDER, Bill WITHERS, Ray CHARLES, STING, Raul MIDON, Amos LEE, Jose FELICIANO, Annie LENNOX, Randy CRAWFORD, Joan ARMATRADING, Michael MCDONALD, John MAYER ..
Sounds Like: MOAKLEY.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

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