photo by: j.j. tiziou
"To walk in to a new or familiar place, sit down and play a tune and hear the crowd sing along, to have a meaningful exchange with someone or a group of folks you know or don't know by making music, or be part of an experience that stems from a song or night of singing, that is an extraordinary part of life."

Joshua Marcus lives in Philadelphia, PA and has produced nine recordings under different bands and monikers in the last nine years, including Fan of Friends. This spring Marcus will release his newest recording, Reverse the Charges, on Chicago's Contraphonic and Philadelphia's High Two record labels. Joshua is currently working on a collaborative project to produce a folk recording dealing with current U.S. social and environmental justice struggles.
Track Listing
  1. Part in it
  2. So Low So Love So Long
  3. Oh Metal Bird
  4. A Whale Wash Out
  5. Business As Usual
  6. To Keep
  7. River (To Hold)
  8. What We Find is Gone
  9. For You Two, To Us All
  10. Lay Me Down
  11. Breathe Easy
  12. The Tiny Wonder Song

    13. watch videos of shows

    hear a live radio set on Pipeline 5/1/07
    hear a live radio set on WPRB 8/03/06
    listen to an interview on the WHYME Podcast.

Booking & Press Contact:
Upcoming Performances

07/24/08 - 7:30 PM - Thu - - @ JJ's, Click here for details & RSVP w/ barn burning & brown bird
6/28/08 Sat - Kimberton, PA Camp Kimberton Hootenany
6/12/08 Thu - West Philly @ New Greenline 45th & Locust w/ Buried Beds
5/31/08 Sat - Philly @ Art Star Craft Bazaar, Penns Landing
5/10/08 Sat - Philly, 221 S. 46th St. for Redwoods Documentary
5/3/08 Sat - South Philadelphia @ Mew Gallery FOF w/ Little Ocean
4/24/08 Thu - Brattleboro, VT @ The Tinder Box w/Red Heart The Ticker& jack ohly
4/20/08 Sun - Bellfast, ME @ Waterfall Arts w/uke of spaces & the gargoylez
4/19/08 Sat - Biddeford, ME @ Franklin Street Arts Space w/brown bird & gargoylez
4/18/08 Fri - Portland, ME @ Meg Perry Center w/brown bird & gargoylez
4/17/08 Thu - Boston, MA @ Lucy Parsons Center, 7pm sharp, w/gargoylez

4/16/08 Wed - Providence, RI @ Building 16, 9pm potluck & show
4/15/08 Tue - New Haven, CT @ The Space, 9pm featured artist after open mic
4/13/08 Sun - Philadelphia, PA @ Greenline Cafe w/Lillie Ruth Bussey
4/12/08 Sat - Philadelphia, PA @ Germantown Mennonite w/ David Janes
4/11/08 Fri - Philadelphia, PA @ Fiume, 7pm w/ Soltero & Kevin Holland
3/29/08 Sat - Narberth, PA @ Narberth Greens - no electricity earth hour show
3/15/08 Sat - West Philly, PA @ Rotunda 8pm Sharp Reverse the Charges Extravaganza
2/07/08 Thu Lansdowne, PA @ Regency Cafe two sets 7-9pm
1/26/08 Sat - The Parlor - Philly - w/Eliza Hardy for The Mural & The Mint collaboration
12/14/07 Sat - West Philly @ Greenline Cafe - with little ocean and the weeds
12/9/07 Sat - Philly @ Ethical Center - Millcreek Urban Farm Benefit
12/1/07 Sat - West Philly @ JJ's House - w/ Tinsmith & Gillian Grassi
11/11/07 Sun - Philly, PA @ L'etage Amy Pickard's CD Release with Good Dust
10/20/07 Sat - Chicago @ WOR loft (1464 Milwaukee Ave 3) w/ lesser birds of paradise!
10/14/07 Sun - Philly, PA @ big jar books 6pm! with the finches
9/15/07 Sat - West Philly @ 5012 Willows - with jack ohly (his cd release) 8pm sharp
8/24/07 Fri - Philly PA - Fan of Friends 7" Record Release Show
& Tom Devaney Book Release!- Presented by Moles Not Molars
@ nexus gallery 7:30pm w/ tom devaney & TBA
7/23/07 Mon - West Philly @ mitten w/ harmony, frontier ruckus, emily bate
7/13/07 Fri - West Philly PA@ Sassquat 9pm w/kells bells, jack ohly, natalie joy
6/23/07 Sat - Vineyard Haven MA @ Che's Lounge 8pm

04/14/07 - 8:00 PM - 5/12/07 Spring 2007 Tour
- Sat 4/14/07 Philly PA @ Rotunda 8pm w/ amy pickard, jack ohly, lohio, boca chica
Thu 4/19/07- Brooklyn NY @ Smooch Cafe 8pm & 10pm
Fri 4/20/07- Manhattan NY @ Think Coffee9pm
Sat 4/21/07- Long Beach NJ @ SICA w/ Like Moving Insects
Sun 4/22/07- Asbury Park NJ @ Twisted Tree Cafe5:30pm w/ jon francis
Tue 4/24/07- Providence RI @ Julian's with barn burning
Wed 4/25/07- Boston MA @ Sherman Cafe with Joy
Thu 4/26/07- Northhampton MA @ upstairs studio at the fitzwilly
Fri 4/27/07- Providence, RI @ building 16 w/ jack ohly
Sat 4/28/07- Brattleboro VT @ Common Ground w/ jack ohly
Sun 4/29/07- Portland ME @ Soundpost w/big blood, kelly nesbitt & jack ohly
Tue 5/1/07- MIT Boston MA @ Radio WMBR Pipeline Show w/ big blood
Thu 5/3/07- Wlimington DE @ Mojo 13 w/mitch fiction
Fri 5/4/07- State College, PA @ Chronic Town Roustabout! w/ last town chorus9pm
Sat 5/5/07- Pittsburgh PA @ Garfield Artworksw/ boca chica
Sun 5/6/07- Pittsburgh PA @ Zenith Cafe11:30 bruch show
Mon 5/7/07- Cleveland OH @ Barking Spider 7pm
Tue 5/8/07- Port Huron MI @ Raven Coffeehouse
Wed 5/9/07- Ypsilanti MI @ Dreamland Theater w/ Sari Brown and Evan Bicker Williams
Fri 5/11/07- Chicago IL @ South Union Arts
Sat 5/12/07- Milwaukee WI @ NEIGHBORS - 800 E. Clarke

03/18/07 - 4:00 PM - at the green line, west philly - with scott pryor, free
02/25/07 - 6:30 PM - at the satellite, west philly - with the crown
02/15/07 - 9:00 PM - w/ lmi at johnny brenda's - with akron/family - $7, philly
02/08/07 - 9:00 PM - at johnny brenda's - with jonathan richman! $$ 9pm sharp.
01/20/07 - 1:00 PM - solo - space gallery, portland ME - casco bay matinee
01/19/07 - 7:30 PM - solo - space gallery, portland ME - part of casco bay cabaret!
01/14/07 - 7:30 PM - solo at l'etage - sunday- $2, philly
01/13/07 - 8:00 PM - solo - petes candy store, brooklyn - free! w/cat martino
01/05/07 - 9:00 PM - w/ lmi- johnny brenda's - - buried beds & mitch fiction
12/21/06 - 9:00 PM - solo - tritone, philly - opening for melquiades
12/15/06 - 9:00 PM - fof- tea with jam - w/ red heart the ticker
12/09/06 - 8:00 PM - solo - smooch cafe, bklyn - free- w/ jack ohly. two sets each: 8 & 10pm
12/08/06 - 8:00 PM - solo - phila ethical society - cynthi mason cd release!
11/22/06 - 9:00 PM - w/ lmi- johnny brenda's - dirty projectors & make a rising
11/18/06 - 9:30 PM - solo - fiume, west philly - with pk & jack ohly - free
11/05/06 - 9:00 PM - solo - at the fire! - amy pickard & hoots n hellmouth
11/04/06 - 9:00 PM - solo - joy cd release - boston, PA's lounge
11/03/06 - 9:00 PM - solo - as220, providence - with jack ohly
10/29/06 - 6:00 PM - fof, JB's, philly - CasiNO & NABR fundraiser
10/25/06 - 9:00 PM - w/ lmi- johnny brenda's - with hudson bell
10/22/06 - 11:00 AM - solo - the zentith - pittsburgh, sunday brunch show!
10/21/06 - 5:00 PM - solo - east end co-op - saturday dinner show! pittsburgh
09/30/06 - 7:30 PM - Rotunda west philly! - Music, Art & Performance!
09/22/06 - 9:30 PM - solo -moles not molars! - reading & art series, philly
09/06/06 - 9:00 PM - solo with larry brown - at standard tap, philly - free!
09/01/06 - 7:00 PM - solo radicackalacky puppet festival - chapell hill, NC - $7
08/05/06 - 7:00 PM - solo - greenline cafe - w/ birdie & soltero - free!
08/04/06 - 9:00 PM - w/lmi - the fire - lesser brids of paradise & adam arcuragi
07/27/06 - 7:30 PM - w/fof - rocket cat cafe - frankford & norris, philly - free!
06/16/06 - 8:00 PM - DFWC house - w/Jack Ohly, Larry Brown & Natalie Joy
06/04/06 - 6:00 PM - w/ fof - Robin's Books - samantha barrow's book release!
05/25/06 - 8:00 PM - w/lmi - the tin angel - with charlie parr & amy pickard
04/07/06 - 8:00 PM - w/ lmi - live recording at turtle studios - old city - free
03/27/06 - 8:00 PM - wxpn live at the writer's house - 3805 locust upenn - free
03/10/06 - 8:00 PM - w/ lmi - adam arcuragi cd release - philadelphia, pa - $?
03/06/06 - 10:00 PM - bar noir? - Philadelphia, PA - Free
03/04/06 - 8:00 PM - w/ fan of friends - Quiet Storm! - Pittsburgh, PA - $5
02/25/06 - 8:00 PM - north star - buried beds cd release - philly, pa
02/10/06 - 7:30 PM - Green Line Cafe - West Philadelphia, PA - Free

     
     
     
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