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'''Mark Erelli''' (born 1974) is an American ] ] from ]. He currently resides in ]. Erelli is a 1996 graduate of ], where he majored in Biology, and holds a Master's Degree in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from the ] (UMass). '''Mark Erelli''' (born 1974) is an American ] ].

Erelli was discovered in 1997 by ] of ] at the Northeastern Regional Folk Alliance Conference after an artist pulled Mark into a Signature Sounds open jam.

His album, ''Delivered'', is a new venture with producer ], who is best known for his bass work in ]'s band. It features a number of different sounds from previous albums, both instrumental (] and a horn section) and levels ("Shadowland"), but still showcases Erelli's expert songwriting. Most notably are "Not Alone" and "Man of the Family."

His album, ''Hope & Other Casualties'', is a collection of folk and Americana songs with stylistic arrangements, including "The Only Way", written in response to the ] and covered by ] and ].

''Hope & Other Casualties'' was selected as the 2006 Album of the Year by the staff and members of ] Boston Folk Radio. Also in 2006 he co-wrote a song inspired by ] with ] called "People Look Around," which would win the Grand Prize of the ].

On ''Compass & Companion'', Erelli partnered with ] for the title song.

He regularly tours in support of ], ] and ], playing acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, and lap steel. In June 2007 he toured through the US and Canada supporting ] on guitar, mandolin and backing vocals during the ] & ] Soul2Soul 2007 tour.

Erelli has worked with producer ] and co-produced ''Hillbilly Pilgrim'' and ''Hope & Other Casualties''.

His work was featured in the winter of 2009 in the Reading Memorial High School's Drama Club's production of The Laramie Project. He graduated from RMHS in 1992.

In March 2009 Mark took part in the ], a multi-artist songrwriting retreat organised by the ] to create songs that had a 'resonance and relevance' to Darwin. A CD was released in August 2009

==Discography==
* ''Mark Erelli'' (1999)
* ''Compass & Companion (2001)
* ''The Memorial Hall Recordings'' (2002)
* ''Hillbilly Pilgrim'' (2004)
* ''Hope & Other Casualties'' (2006)
* ''Innocent When You Dream'' (2006)
* ''Delivered'' (2008)
* ''Little Vigils'' (2010)
* ''Seven Curses'' (2010) - with ]

==External links== ==External links==
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Mark Erelli (born 1974) is an American folk singer/songwriter.

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