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BCMC (Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain) The Hideout, Chicago The Hideout, Chicago
Nadia Garofalo's Book Release Reading | Bill MacKay Acoustic Solo Set Space Oddities, Chicago Space Oddities, Chicago

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Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles

Keys (Drag City, 2021)

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Bill MacKay

Scarf (Drag City, 2020)

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Bill MacKay and Katinka Kleijn

STIR (Drag City, 2019)

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Bill MacKay

Fountain Fire (Drag City, 2019)

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Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker

Hypnotic Pulse…JMY, 2017)

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Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker

SpiderBeetleBee (Drag City, 2017)

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Bill MacKay

Esker (Drag City, 2017)

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Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker

Land of Plenty (Whistler Records, 2015)

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Sunrise: Bill MacKay plays the songs of John Hulburt (Tompkins Square, 2016)

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Darts & Arrows

Altamira (Ears & Eyes, 2015)

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Bill MacKay and Matt Lux

December Concert (Ears & Eyes, 2014)

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Bill MacKay

Chatham Park (2014)

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Darts & Arrows

Eyes of the Carnival (2012)

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Bill MacKay and Darts & Arrows (2010)

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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 records of note include:  Keys (Drag City, 2021) with Nathan Bowles, Scarf (Drag City, 2020), STIR (Drag City, 2019) with Katinka Kleijn, Fountain Fire (Drag City, 2019), and Esker (Drag City, 2017). 

www.billmackay.com

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