Tony Bird

Malawi-born songman Tony Bird is a complete original. Growing up in southern Africa in the era of colonialism and Apartheid, Bird developed a sharp, conscious universal eye. Once again he finds himself at a topical juncture of history, and that same urgency and relevance permeates the expanse of his new music, which now reflects his American experience as well as his worldly African roots. He has been called "The Father of African Folk-Rock" and with a mesmerizing intensity, his voice, vision, guitar style and persona are unique in all of folk music.

Bird's African roots have produced a performer with a far-ranging repertoire that includes exotic travelogues from mountains with misty landscapes to desert and bushland filled with lions, birds, bushmen, mangoes, monkeys, sunsets and bicycles. All this savannah-laden tropicana is interspersed with narrative tales of darkness and delight, topical and historical commentary, love songs, musical tone poems, rallying cries of inspiration and a whimsical sense of humor.

"The finest, most impressive folk poet in years"
— The Village Voice

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