Carolyn Mark

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Carolyn Mark

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| caption = Mark in 2009

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| origin = Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada

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| genre = Alternative country

| occupation = Musician, songwriter

| years_active = {{Start date|1993}}–present

| label = Mint

| website = {{URL|carolynmark.com}}

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Carolyn Natasha Mark{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/891039154 |title=CANADA DAY OFF TORONTO |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=13 March 2023}} is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p431439|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Carolyn Mark|last=Ankeny|first=Jason |publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=26 April 2010}} She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, Showbusiness Giants, the Fixin's and the Metronome Cowboys. She has also provided backing vocals on recordings by The Buttless Chaps, Greenfield Main, Neko Case, Frog Eyes, NQ Arbuckle, Rhubarb Whiskey, Secret Emchy Society, and Blackout Beach.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 2006, Mark performed on CBC Radio One's Fuse in collaboration with the band Great Lake Swimmers,[http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/FromTheMagazine/great_lake_swimmers_dive_in/ "Great Lake Swimmers Dive In"]. Exclaim!, April 2007. a collaboration which Mark herself described as "like putting a scorpion and a mouse in a tank together and seeing what happens".

In 2009 she co-released Let's Just Stay Here with Toronto's NQ Arbuckle through Vancouver's Mint Records.[http://www.mintrecs.com/index.php?component=releases&action=details&id=155&artist=carolyn_mark Mint Records release page] The album was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award, in the Roots & Traditional Album category.[http://junoawards.ca/nominees/#rootsAlbumGroup Juno nominees] The album was also one of PopMatters' top 10 album in their Best Country Music of 2009 list.{{cite web|last=Thanki |first=Juli |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/117084-best-country-music-of-2009 |title=The Best Country Music of 2009 |publisher=PopMatters |accessdate=6 August 2013}} In September 2016, Mark released her eighth solo album, Come! Back! Special!