official website of bill bourne

the Voodoo King CD is now available from cd baby...

"an eerily beautiful recording" - Greg Quill - The Toronto Star
"Stellar." - Douglas Sloan - Metronome Magazine

To order Voodoo King from cd Baby click here

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Faroese Proverb..."eg veit ikki - eg eti pannukøkur" - ( "i don't know - i eat pancakes" )

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September 5, 2005 - Bill is honoured with 'The Alberta Centennial Award' for his contribution to the Community

August 28 - Eivør & Bill rock Denmark's 2005 Tønder Festival...

Bill Bourne & Eivør Pálsdóttir in Denmark - photo source unknown

Voodoo King - still generating reviews...

Fame Review

bill bourne 'live' - photo source unknown

www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p02419.htm

Bill Bourne - Voodoo King

bill bourne 'live' in Spain - photo source unknown

Here we have a very personal, gritty blues crossing the border from Canada. Upon first encounter with Bill Bourne, Juno Awards winner and seven time nominee, you might think Tom Waits, then as his particular blend of ravaged poetry, Cajun and Celtic traditional entwines both heart and imagination, you'll hear Bourne for what he truly is: his own man.

There's a resurgent spirit journeying the bits and bytes of Voodoo King. On his eighth disc, Bourne's fringe romantics - or as he atmospherically rhapsodizes "those bound for glory or bound to disappear" - make their way through this world anyway they can. Throughout, Bourne infuses this journey with an imaginative and intuitive blend of world roots music and an anthemic spirituality.

Bourne's taken many a long road less traveled from his affiliation with Scotland's acclaimed Tannahill Weavers nearly two decades ago. On mesmerizing tracks like the gutsy Portland, the African high-life inspired Holy Holy, the title track, and the emotional, scat-charged closer Grace, you'll be grateful for every mile he's crossed.

Track List:
Hilfiger Heaven (Intro)
Hilfiger Heaven
Portland
Holy Holy
Voodoo King
The Ballad of Moses Jane
Which Way
Whadiddy Do?
Freeway Babe
Burnin' Candles
Little Flowers
Grace

Produced by Bill Bourne & Lester Lester Quitzau

Second Storey Records - SSR#2002
502 Oak St.
Springbrook, AB T4S 1V2 Canada
phone 403-886-5745

A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
by Michael Jurkovic
(rnrcurmudgeon@yahoo.com)

Edited by: David N. Pyles
(dnpyles@acousticmusic.com)

the Voodoo King CD is now available from cd baby...

"an eerily beautiful recording" - Greg Quill - The Toronto Star
"Stellar." - Douglas Sloan - Metronome Magazine

To order Voodoo King from cd Baby click here

'Dance & Celebrate with Queen Elizabeth II'

May 23, 2005 - Join us for the Alberta Centennial Kick-off Party at Commonwealth Stadium
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Bill will perform 'Dance & Celebrate' for the Queen and Prince Philip and approx 58,000 friends. The show starts at 2:00 PM and goes until around 6:00 PM. Bill plays around 3. He'll be joined by The Free Radio Band (version 27?) and a 6 piece choir, The Black Pioneer Heritage Singers. The show features a wide range of performers - come 'PARTAY'!
for more info click here

Higher Ground

A native of Hong Kong, Aysha Wills is only 10 years old. She plays flute and sings like a pro 3 times her age, and was also willing and able to inspire 56 members of The Edmonton Symphony, Senator Tommy Banks, an 88 piece choir, numerous solo acts and bands, The Winspear Centre, The Mayor, The Premier of Alberta and thousands of volunteers and supporters to produce 'Higher Ground - Tsunami Children's Concert', and effectively raise over $650,000.00 to help the children affected by the disaster. I was fortunate enough to be involved with writing the song Higher Ground, and performed it with Aysha & Gary Koliger, and the aforesaid 56 & 88 pieces as conducted by Michael Massey.

Thanks to Gary Koliger for the call, to Aysha for the inspiration and smiles, to all the beautiful musicians, to Shane & Betty for organizing, and to everyone for support. This was an inspiring, and effective, event.

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!!*NEWSFLASH*!! - 'Portland', the video from the 'Voodoo King' CD, is nominated for 3 AMPIA Awards

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Eivør Pálsdóttir

Eivør (pro. 'Iver') Pálsdóttir (pro. 'Paul'sDaughter)

the Music of Eivør is here in Canada...

March 3 was the official release date in Canada, of Eivør Pálsdóttir's new disc, 'eivør'. The event was marked by an Eivør & Bill concert at The Dream Cafe`, in Penticton, B.C. - 'best meets best'.

Eivør Pálsdóttir - 'eivør'...Produced by Bill Bourne
12 Tonar (www.12tonar.is)...www.eivor.com
'eivør' is available at fine record stores across Canada and
from Spirit River Distribution... www.spiritriver.com
Eivør Pálsdóttir bio

Bill Bourne & Eivør Pálsdóttir - photo by Stuart Bish

quotes & reviews

"While Eivør's singing voice is fantastic in English, I'll admit to preferring the tracks sung in Icelandic, Swedish or Faroese. There's something enchanting about not knowing the first thing about what she's saying but still appreciating the beauty of her voice."
- Iain Ilich - VUE Magazine - Edmonton, Canada

"Eivør Pálsdóttir can sing, boy, can she sing! A twenty-year old performer from the Faroe Islands, this album smacks of a maturity far beyond her years and a vocal confidence that is quite astounding. On a mix of originals and covers Eivør demonstrates equal comfort with smoky torch songs, blues and country-tinged ballads, and modern folk pieces. And while all over the map stylistically, the constants of Eivør's voice and collaborator/producer Bill Bourne hold the album together nicely. From the laid-back vibe of two Bourne songs and Townes Van Zandt's "If I needed you", to the rawness of Eivør's "Trollabundin" (which shows that she can write as well as she sings) and the slow country burn of her "Sweet sweet song", the mood tends towards the introspective, the most obvious instrumentation in many cases being fingerpicked acoustic guitar. Lyrically Eivør favours songs of love, peace, and spirit, quite in keeping with Bourne's own gentle presence. Particularly striking is their duet on "Mar leingist" ("I'm yearning") where Eivør sings in Faroese and Bourne in English. Immaculately produced, heartfelt, and eclectic, this is a nice addition to the singer songwriter pantheon that should raise Eivør's profile in North America substantially."
- By Richard Thornley - Penguin Eggs
www.penguineggs.ab.ca

"This is the Green River...love grows lush on the banks." - anon

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Voodoo King

Second Storey Records

To order Voodoo King from CD Baby click here

"...bittersweet moods that draw you back again and again. This powerful CD's 11 masterful songs are full of broken hearts and reflective regrets balanced by a streetwise philosophy of acceptance."
- Gary Joyner - Acoustic Guitar...read more reviews here

Jo Jo Rhynde sez, "Voodoo King is available in Canada from Festival Distribution, and in the U.S.A. - distributed by Burnside Distribution - catalogue #SSR 2002. If your record store doesn't have it, they can order it for you..."

"The new Tri-Continental CD, 'Drifting' is out. It features special guest, percussionist Ramesh Shotham. Available from Festival Distribution in Canada and Tradition & Moderne in Europe, this is a 'LIVE' recording of living music."

Change For Children

Integral to the 500 year plan to 'foster the development of honorable ancestors', is Change For Children (CFC). A non-governmental organization, CFC is focused on improving the standard of living for children in sustainable ways. CFC is a potent force for progressive change and they can always have more support.

One function of this web site is to help illuminate the efforts of orgs like Change for Children. Helping children is the most important work, and it has a priceless reward. Please support Change For Children.

Free Radio Music Inc., publisher of the Voodoo King CD, donates a portion of the royalties generated by the sale of Voodoo King CDs to Change For Children. To find Voodoo King, visit your favorite store or go to Amazon.com or Festival Distribution or Burnside Distribution or Pinnacle Records in the U.K.

on BB - by Tom Russell

"I always thought Bill Bourne should have starred with Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood in 'The Unforgiven.' He's a goddamn movie star, I'd say, with that black top hat and card shark face.
More importantly, he is a 'shining light' in the 'North American' Folk Roots scene. He sings, plays guitar and writes with deep soul, and on the current musical landscape these talents constitute a revolutionary act of ART.
Listen to Bill Bourne; get Religion, brother and sister. This is the real thing."

Tom Russell,
El Paso, Texas
2003

PS Hello Bill

(yo Tom - thanks...)

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