JF,
Just going to put my tuppence worth in....
Not sure Im agreeing with the songs/tunes sound the same quote, personally there are a couple that are closely related but in general the range of genres MK offers make him unique and rated! Now if you want to compare to an artist whose songs siynd the same and that has to be joe bonamassa who we saw live a few weeks ago and I ended up yawning. MK for me anyday.....
I know what you mean
some artists tend to compose songs even more closer than others, and of course in blues-rock, you have quickly ended with the 3 chords pattern, so I agree that artists like Bonamassa and mostly all blues players sound (almost) always the same.
I agree when you say that MK offers a range of more genres than Bonamassa, BUT in each genre (irish, blues, ballad) all songs have (too) many things in common.
and the paradox is that in late 70ies and early 80ies, when Mark offered less range of genres ( there wasn't pure blues tunes, irish tunes, etc...) I find that his music offered more diversity.
You can say that e.g. the first album is mainly in only ONE style : country-blues-laid-back or whatever you neme it. But I find more diversity in it than in his latest work where you have irish, rock, blues, balads, or whatever.
I think that the "amount of diversity" is not necessarily in the quantity of genres, it's more in the ideas you bring, the different feeling you give to the song, etc...
well sorry, difficult to expalin in my non-native language