"Mark Cosgrove has a powerhouse sound that could knock down a wall."
Acoustic Guitar, USA

"It's clear...that Cosgrove's style is his own. Whatever the setting, it's Cosgrove's show."
Bluegrass Unlimited, USA

Mark Cosgrove's distinctive, creative flatpicking guitar sound is known and respected on both side of the Atlantic. Although he grew up in a Manhattan apartment surrounded by classical records, his original musical ambition was to become a drummer. Immersed in bluegrass and fiddle tunes from an early age, he has continued to make acoustic music his life's work and pleasure.

Mark Cosgrove has won the U.S. National Flatpicking Guitar Championship in Winfield Kansas and also the Doc Watson Guitar Championship in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. His flatpick guitar work is notable not only for power, precision, and tone, but for his fluid high-speed improvisation. Mark is equally proficient in any number of musical styles and as an accompanist can back a singer or soloist with taste and sensitivity.