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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So excited! We open Friday! Macbeth is dark, grotesque, and fun! With wit, danger, and sheer theatrical pleasure, we invite you into a communal experience infused with music, movement, and dance. Our Macbeth is performed to be understood and enjoyed. Sweet Thunder Shakespeare Get tix in comments!

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When I was a kid, I played in Stern Grove and listened to Al Green. On Sunday I PLAYED Stern Grove Festival and opened for Al Green. In front of 12,000 people. Have I processed any of this? Absolutely not.

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

📻✏️ I wrote a fauxbituary of the protest song called “Where Have All the Shouters Gone?” for Geezer Magazine. Geezer is print only. BUT, you lucky people can read my article below for free! Use the code 𝗠𝗠𝗙𝟭𝟱 to get 15% off your subscription at geezermagazine.com through August 15!

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🕊️ Yesterday was wonderful. The first time I saw saxophonist Eddie M. was on Prince’s Purple Rain Tour. The second time was yesterday, when he came to work and soloed on “I Would Die 4 U”. He was also on a panel I moderated on music and mental health, available here: www.youtube.com/live/lfGa_1o...

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26.07.19 "Take a Breath" Panel on Music and Mental Health, featuring Eddie M.

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🎷We’ll have Eddie M. and Friends performing this Sunday plus a panel discussion on music and mental health, all at Glide Memorial Church! So much fun will be had. You should come by. This event is also FREE! Reserve your space here: bit.ly/4yhfsfn

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hola! This Sunday, I’ll be moderating 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘼 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝, a panel discussion about music and mental health, with legendary Bay Area saxophonists Eddie M. (Prince), Dave Ellis (RatDog), Jessica Jones (Don Cherry), and Howard Wiley (E-40). This event is also FREE! Reserve your space here: bit.ly/4yhfsfn

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

People of Earth: I will be opening for Al Green and Goapele on August 16 at Stern Grove, performing with The Glide Ensemble. Tickets are free, but there's a lottery that ends this Sunday, July 12, at 10am. Tap the link below to get ready. www.sterngrove.org/al-green

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This Saturday, I have the honor of moderating a panel on Arts and Ministry at City of Refuge, in partnership with Glide Memorial Church. Then Grammy-winner Linda Tillery will lead a workshop called “Music of the African Diaspora.” This is a free event! Tap here to save your space: bit.ly/4eTepLp

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sunday at The Freight! FIGHT THE POWER is a musical and visual tribute to MLK, featuring reimaginings of classic Civil Rights-focused songs from the ’60s through today. Along with the cream of Bay Area musicians, co-curator Zoë Ellis will sing, and I’ll be narrating. Get tix now at link in bio.

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Watch me at work last Sunday, dropping musical history about Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and his many, but rarely known, connections to Glide Memorial Church. #musichistorian #longstrangetrip #deadheads

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My new ambient protest album has a visual component, and it will screen at the Museum of African Diaspora on November 6, along with a Q&A from yours truly. Get ready to chill and contemplate. Learn more at link in bio. . . . . . #AmbientMusic #MarkMontgomeryFrench #TranceVisuals #Dreamscape #MoAD

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I’m thrilled that Kate Bush’s “Experiment IV” is back on streaming, but the music video is a whole terrifying meal. It’s like a 5-minute Stranger Things ancestor. youtu.be/JL1KkExQwXA?...

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Kate Bush - Experiment IV (HD Remastered Music Video)

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

More episodes this fall! Already recorded!

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

☁️ Come out tonight, then chill out tonight. #ambient

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

💫 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚? 💫 🌒 Arise, My Darling 🌘 This is a spell for stillness, a dream in slow motion, a rising. From my ambient album 𝙏𝙝𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙚, Let it take you. Link in bio. 🎧 #AmbientMusic #Dreamscape #SlowArt #Soundscape #ExperimentalMusic

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

This week, country act Gavin Adcock gave his opinion about Beyoncé’s album outselling his own: “That s--- ain’t country music, and it ain’t ever been country music.” Learn more than Gavin at my talk 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚́: July 19 at Fremont Public Library. www.facebook.com/events/21491...

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Black Country Before Beyoncé: The Secret History of African-Americans in Country Music

Music event in Fremont, CA by Mark Montgomery French, Composer and Mark Montgomery French on Saturday, July 19 2025

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🟣 In honor of #Prince's #birthday today, you can watch my copyright-violating talk "Prince as a Revolution" for free on my Patreon page 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟳! If it inspires you to support me through Patreon, thanks in advance. www.patreon.com/posts/see-my... #learnsomethingnew #theartist #musictalk

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☂️ See my Prince talk before it’s taken down by “the man.” Seriously! | Mark Montgomery French

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

𝙏𝙝𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙚 is available everywhere. #Ambient music for contemplation, resistance, and recovery. Let the string quartet drift into dub. Let gamelan bells guide you inward. 🎧 Listen & share at link in bio. #NewMusicFriday #AmbientMusic #Soundscape

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🌌 Join me at Dark Garden on June 12 for an exclusive listening party of my new ambient album: 𝙏𝙝𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙚 A 35-minute suite of strings, dub, gamelan & noir jazz — with immersive visuals & a live Q&A. 🪑 VERY limited seats. 🎟️ RSVP now: bit.ly/goblet-at-dg

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🎧 Before my new ambient album 𝙏𝙝𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙚 drops in 4 days, enjoy a selection of my previous ambient work. 🎛️ Listen with headphones at link in bio. #AmbientMusic #ModernClassical #ExperimentalMusic #JazzNoir #Soundscape #MarkMontgomeryFrench #Artist

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

🕯️ Pre-save now: 𝙏𝙝𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙚 Out June 5, this album is ambient meditation through the lens of resistance and recovery. String quartet. Dub. Gamelan. Noir jazz. It’s music for headphones and healing. 🎧 Pre-save via link in bio. #AmbientMusic #IndependentArtist

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

♀♫ • Enjoy this taste of my FREE talk “Unsung Women of Music” happening March 27 at Lafayette Library and Learning Center. Featuring: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wendy Carlos, Maria Schneider, and more! Learn more: www.facebook.com/events/99143...

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

It was just one of those days when I, the choir I road manage, and 200 strangers ended up singing deep listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros's "The Tuning Meditation" with Grammy-nominated conductor Christopher Rountree…with no planning whatsoever. It was glorious!

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

♀♫ • Did you know that less than 3% of major label record producers are female? Come celebrate Women’s History Month with my talk “𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜,” March 27 at Lafayette Library. It’s a humorous historical talk that reveals the women nudged to the margins of music history. bit.ly/4izsYlY

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

For Black History Month, I read “𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙣: 𝘿𝙅 𝙆𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙥 𝙃𝙤𝙥” to the kids at Oakland’s Montclair Elementary, thanks to my buddy & rockstar librarian Jen Vetter. I got to tell about the immigrant who helped build the most dominant art form of the last 50 years!

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Join me on Feb 12 for 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞́: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧-𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, a humorous, highly immersive, and historically accurate talk that uncovers the African-American roots of Country, Folk, and Americana music. Learn more: www.facebook.com/events/40597...

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

𝗜 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. One’s an earnest folk ditty from a film score, one’s a restorative ambient piece, and one’s an Americana Christmas waltz. You know, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭. Listen on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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MMF 2024 Music - YouTube

Welcome to the playlist of Americana, ambient, and folk music Mark Montgomery French released in 2024.

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

“Beatles ’64” is the first documentary I’ve seen that shows Beatlemania through a non-white lens. From period footage of Black & Latino fans through current chats with Ron Isley & Smokey Robinson, it captures people of color’s unique take on The Fab Four. ondisneyplus.disney.com/movie/beatle...

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Beatles '64

On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in New York City to unprecedented excitement and hysteria. From the instant they landed...

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Boom. Prairie Prince on Skylarking, Apple Venus, and Wasp Star was amazing. Great call.

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Tonight’s question at the gig: what bands changed drummers after their breakthrough yet didn’t fall off commercially or critically? We came up with Pearl Jam (3 over first 4 records) and The Cure (Lol Tolhurst was the first but Boris Williams was on “Disintegration”, among others. Anyone else?

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Guess which character on this poster is me! Then come by and see me as “The Ghost of Christmas Present” at The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, November 23 - December 22 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA dickensfair.com

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Mark Montgomery French @mmfrench.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’m the bassist for Mr. Cindy and the Smokers, so come out and hear the dive bar band of your dreams 11/21 at The Lost Church in SF!

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