Beloved Newfoundland musician Mark Hiscock has died

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· Posted: May 07, 2025 10:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Mark Hiscock, a lifelong instrumentalist based retired of St. John's, has died. He was 53 years old.

Hiscock was a mainstay of Newfoundland and Labrador's philharmonic landscape, and was a founding subordinate of the well-known people set Shanneyganock — known for tunes steeped successful the province's agelong past of storytelling.

The band, which was formed much than 30 years agone arsenic a philharmonic duo, developed a beardown pursuing and regularly performed across Canada.

In a erstwhile interrogation with CBC News, Hiscock said adjacent aft performing for decades, helium wasn't bushed of beingness connected the stage.

"There's times erstwhile you think, 'Jeez, however did we negociate to get this far?'" helium said. "And past there's different times you look out, erstwhile you're playing successful beforehand of the assemblage similar tonight, and you go, 'This is the crushed we've done it.' We bash it for the fans."

WATCH | From the CBC archives, Mark Hiscock talks astir making euphony his life: 

According to the band, Hiscock was 1 of province's champion fastener accordion players. Beyond that, he besides had a solo career, released albums and worked with different artists.

Shanneyganock is scheduled to execute astatine the 37th yearly East Coast Music Awards connected Thursday astatine the Mary Brown's Centre successful St. John's.

Singer Chris Andrews told CBC News the set inactive plans to play that performance, and dedicate it to Hiscock. 

In 2020 the set received a lifetime accomplishment grant during an ECMA gala.

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