Tattooed onto Marks left forearm reads “XVII-II-MMVI” – the date he first performed an original song in front of a large audience. Each day that tattoo staring at him is a reminder that all it takes is the courage to be yourself. At that moment, Mark remembers feeling like nothing in his life would be the same. Diamond is from Washington state and grew up in a small town outside of Seattle called Maple Valley. He blames the rain for his style of writing. Read more on Last.fm

Claude says:You caught Mark Diamond once on December 26th, 2019—a Seattle singer-songwriter with folk bones and pop sensibility, the kind of artist who writes his courage into his songs. One play of "Monster" from Hummingbird Two, but sometimes that's all it takes to mark a moment.