Mark Growden & The Electric Pinata                     Event 2002

"Growden’s Music is a calliope of tangos, marches, pedal steel blues, and eloquent acoustic ballads.

In his hands, parade scores unravel to become inebriated waltzes. Ballads are stretched thin and poked with forks. Melodies dance like wicked children. He’s adept at knocking traditional notions of music slightly off-kilter, to better fit our ears."

— John Paczkoski, S.F. Bay Guardian