Mark Rubin (Jew of Oklahoma) at Cap Gun Studios

Mark Rubin is a legend from back in the alt country days, known for his pioneering work in the 90s with his band The Bad Livers in Austin. While he’s never left behind his earlier punk bonafides, his new work in recent years, billed as Mark Rubin – Jew of Oklahoma, has been more focused on the complexity of his identity as a Jewish person of Southern descent.

American Highways Magazine

On the new release "Dispatches:"

"Mark Rubin has an inconvenient propensity for saying what needs to be said, even when it is unfashionable, or in times like these when it is becoming increasingly dangerous to do so. The convergence of being unabashedly Jewish, unapologetically Southern, and unflinchingly pro-peace squeezes him into tight spaces, and still he reminds us that as long as he is living, there must in fact be space for him…a sentiment that all us folks on the fringes of a dominant monoculture could stand to lean into. “Dispatches” will remind you that living, breathing folk traditions of every ilk have wisdom and resilience embedded therein."

- Lilli Lewis