Bill Bourne performs "Ole Buffalo" at Hugh's Room in Toronto.
Bill was raised in a musical family in rural Alberta. When he was 2
years old, he was known to sleep behind the piano at country dances. His
parents played dance music in community halls in beautiful farming
country. The love of nature and of music and of people gathering for
celebration has been with him for his whole life.
Bill Bourne is a Juno Award Winning Canadian recording artist whose music is
influenced by Folk, World Beat, Blues, Reggae, Mississippi John Hurt, Gordon
Lightfoot, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Tomatito,
Flamenco, Mongolian Khumi, Greg Brown, Jazz, Miles Davis, Madagascar Slim,
African Highlife Guitar, Eivor Palsdottir and Taj Mahal etc.
Bill has performed solo and in various collaborations and bands/musical groups
at noteworthy festivals including, The Montreal Jazz Festival, The Tonder
Festival, The Stimmen Festival, The Winnipeg Folk Festival, New York City Folk
Festival, The Milwaukee Irish Festival, The Strawberry Festival, Celtic
Connections, The Port Ferry Festival and many other Folk, Blues, World and Rock
festivals, as well as many great concert halls like The Orpheum Theatre in
Vancouver, B.C., and The Mozart Saal in Vienna, Austria.
Bill Bourne describes his music as dance music. "If you can walk you can dance
- music is good therapy and a vast help for the human condition; music is a
great benefit to all living things", says Mr. Bourne, who resides in Canada.
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