Photo Credit: Jordan Martins
Shows
Bill MacKay - Fountain Fire (Drag City, 2019)
Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker - Hypnotic Pulse of the Reindeer Range (JMY, 2017)
Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker SpiderBeetleBee (Drag CIty, 2017)
Bill MacKay - Esker (Drag City, 2017)
Bill MacKay - Sunrise/Bill MacKay plays the songs of John Hulburt (Tompkins Square, 2015)
Darts & Arrows - Altamira (ears&eyes records, 2015)
Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker - Land of Plenty (Whistler Records, 2015)
Bill MacKay - Chatham Park (2014)
Bill MacKay and Matt Lux - December Concert (ears&eyes records, 2014)
Darts & Arrows - Eyes of the Carnival (2012)
Bill MacKay and Darts & Arrows (2010)
Broken Things - Swim to the River (2007)
Bill MacKay & Sounds of Now (2005)
Bio Sketch
Bill MacKay is a Chicago-based composer, improvisor, guitarist and writer. He has created an extensive body of original work, while energizing the folk, avant-garde, and experimental diaspora.
MacKay’s blissful harmonic control and outside-the-box guitar mastery are one with his compelling songwriting, and his creative voyage and imaginative influences are fully displayed across his discography.
His recent recordings include: Keys (2021) with Nathan Bowles, Scarf (2020), STIR (2019) with Katinka Kleijn, Fountain Fire (2019), and Esker (2017), and were released by Drag City.
MacKay is also a poet, visual artist and polyglot, and is a member of both the avant-garde rock outfit Black Duck (with Doug McCombs) and the experimental groove-drone project BCMC (with Cooper Crain).
www.billmackay.com
Published Writing
- Bill MacKay Movie House | Sala de Cine, a book of poetry in Spanish & English, is available. (American Dreams, May 24th, 2022). Order Here.
- Short piece The Milkman appears in the book Navigation to Nowhere: Searching for Paris, Texas (Cattywampus Press, September 2021)
- Article on Laura Nyro's timeless record: Bill MacKay on New York Tendaberry (Aquarium Drunkard, September, 2021)