Tri-Continental

With 4 Juno Awards and 10 Juno Award nominations between them, Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau and Madagascar Slim are truly major players in the Canadian music scene. The artists are all close friends and the artistic respect for one another is evident when listening to the music which they have composed. Each musician has established himself as a respected artist in such musical genres as Folk, Celtic and World, but they all share an extreme passion for, and knowledge of, the blues. Sweet vocal harmonies and imaginative guitar playing are the hallmark of their music. With a mutual love of emotional collaboration and a great curiosity for where their music comes from, this trio of artists has created a body of work that is a product of faith, dreams, broken hearts, grit and most importantly, friendship. Bill Bourne A biography of Bill would have to start about four generations ago with his great grandfather and Iceland's Poet Laureate. Crafting words in his family helped to add the magic ingredient to the mix. In the eighties Bill did a three year stint with Scotland`s well known Tannahill Weavers. Out of that grew his relationship with Alan Macleod that lead to the release of... more...