Dillon Bustin Official

Dillon Bustin is a folklorist, singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and playwright. Some of his songs from those times became widely sung classics—you’ve probably heard “More Wood” or “Shawneetown.“ Dillon moved east to Massachusetts and over the years started to write music for song cycles and plays based on local historical characters—folks like Joshua Slocum of Martha’s Vineyard or Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
Dillon’s songs have been recorded by a myriad of singers too long to list. Dillon’s seminal first recording, Almanac, is out of print, but the songs have been recorded all over the place. Songs from his plays (Tidebook, Songs from Walden Pond, Top Eye Open, Sailing Alone) are hard to find recorded but well-known everywhere. His settings of the work of the great poets (Emerson, Cummings, Thoreau, Longfellow, Dickinson) have been recorded, with such notable accompanists like Jacqueline Schwab, Evan Harlan (RIP) and Bob Lucas, Matt Darriau and Grey Larsen.www.dillonBustin.me