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Artist Biography For Bill Bourne

Bill Bourne Born William Sigurd Bourne In Red Deer Alberta On 28 March 1954 Died 16 April 2022 Was A Canadian Musician And Songwriter. A Multiple Canadian Juno Award Nominee And Winner Bourne Used Traditional Music Elements From Around The World. As Well As His Solo Work He Was One Half Of The Duos Bourne & MacLeod With Alan MacLeod And Bill Bourne & Shannon Johnson And Was A Member Of Scottish Band The Tannahill Weavers And From 2000 The String Collective Tri Continental. Bourne Was Raised In A Musical Family In Rural Alberta Canada. When He Was Two 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. A Multiple Canadian Juno Award Winner Bourne Received International Acclaim For His Recordings And Live Performances. A Mainstay On The International Roots Scene Life On The Road Is Reflected In His Music - A Combination Of World Beat Blues Cajun Celtic Folk Flamenco Funk Poetry And More. Bourne Formed The Duo Bourne & MacLeod With Alan MacLeod The Pair Won A Juno Award. Bourne Was Also A Member Of The Traditional Scottish Band The Tannahill Weavers. Beginning In 2000 Bourne Was A Member Of The String Collective Tri Continental Along With Madagascar Slim And Lester Quitzau And Recorded With Them On Four Albums. In 2002 Bourne Released The Album Voodoo King. Bourne Has Also Collaborated With Shannon Johnson Lester Quitzau Madagascar Slim Aysha Wills Eivør Pálsdóttir Wyckham Porteous And Jasmine Ohlhauser. In 2011 Bourne Fronted The Free Radio Dance Band With His Son Pat Bourne For The Recording Of An Album Bluesland. In 2012 He Collaborated With Tippy Agogo And Other Well-Known Musicians To Release Amoeba Collective. In 2013 Bourne Led The Historic Edmonton Christmas Album Titled An Edmonton Christmas Live Off The Floor Along With Other Edmontonian Artists Including Joe Nolan Jenie Thai Jeremy "Jey" Witten And Justine Vandergrift.

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