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

• Bill MacKay Movie House | Sala de Cine, a book of poetry in Spanish & English, is set for release (American Dreams, May 24th, 2022). Pre-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)