As John Lennon once sang, it is time to “Come Together.” I have had some of these songs in the can but didn’t really have the right outlet for them. Mark continues, “This is an album about hope, but at the same time, I had to sing about the dangers of division. ‘There’s A Light’, Mark’s first ever solo album is a thematic collection of ten songs which weave a remarkable story of what America was, has become, and may or may not face in its future. My song, “We Are One,” speaks of this unity and what I know our country and the world is capable of.” Within each person I believe there is a light a hope and a desire to do the right thing. In every case we rose together as one nation one united force and came back stronger than we had been before. “The great world wars the civil rights movement of the 1960s the natural disasters such as Katrina and Sandy and of course, 9/11. As Mark states, “I knew we, as a country, had been here before,” said Stein. Yet, at the same time, Stein saw a great opportunity. He saw social unrest, racial disparity, political division, violence, widespread sickness, and an entire world on the brink of an economic disaster due to the spread of a disease like no other. He wanted to write and record songs about what was going on in America and the rest of the world. Sidelined by the Covid-19 pandemic and unable to perform live with popular rock band, Vanilla Fudge, lead vocalist and keyboardist Mark Stein decided to put his down time to good use. Iconic musician shines with a new collection of songs about Hope, Unity, Concern and Redemption.

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