Mark Erelli in the Backyard

Mark Erelli returns for his third time at North Shore Point on Sept. 20 under the big tent in the backyard.

Music at 7 p.m.

Erelli is a Boston-based veteran of the folk and roots music scene, renowned for his emotional honesty, craftsmanship, and warmth. Erelli exploded out of the gate in 1999 when he won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Award in the wake of his “auspicious debut” (Billboard), joining the ranks of previous honorees like Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith.

Following 2023’s Lay Your Darkness Down, which chronicled his response to vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa, Spring Green, his latest, finds Erelli in a place of hard-won peace. Co-produced with longtime collaborator Zachariah Hickman and tracked largely live over three days, the album feels fluid and organic—more watercolor painting than photographic snapshot. Its intimate sound recalls classic singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne and James Taylor, prioritizing storytelling and emotional clarity over stylistic showmanship.

Listen:

The Only Way

You're Gonna Want to Remember This

Blindsided

By Degrees (with Rosanne Cash, Josh Ritter, Anais Mitchell)

Lay Your Darkness Down (with Lori McKenna)