Mark Moffatt

Mark Moffatt, an early champion for Keith Urban and a leader in the Americana music community, died on September 6, 2024. He was 74.  

Moffatt grew up in a small town in Queensland, Australia, fascinated by the Beatles. After four years of developing his producing skills in a London studio, Moffatt returned to Australia, where he encountered an unknown band called The Saints and recorded their 1976 punk smash, " Stranded." He produced many of Australia’s top rock artists in the 1980s, then moved to Nashville in 1996 after a call from Barry Coburn, an Australian who had established himself on Music Row. Moffatt was tasked with guiding the early career of Keith Urban, who had signed a publishing deal with Coburn's Ten Ten Music Group. Around the same time, Moffatt took an interest in the fledgling Americana Music Association and remained actively involved with the organization throughout his career.