Internationally acclaimed singer songwriter Harry Bird has spent the last 15 years touring hundreds of venues all over Europe and beyond with a passion for connecting with audiences of all kinds.
An experienced circus and theatre musician, he is a versatile storyteller with a love of rhythm and rhyme, allegory and dance. Drawing on British folk, Americana and other world music genres, his multilingual performances are a freewheeling cabaret of finely crafted songs, captivating vocals and good humour.
Based in Glasgow after many years in the Basque Country, his touring band includes Scottish-Australian bluegrass maestros Pepita Emmerichs and Theodore Barnard (Rain of Animals / Good Guy Hank) and powerhouse Dundee singer songwriter Gavin McGinty (GAVIN / Sinderins).
“Mucho Picnic”, his latest solo album, was released on Hot Drop Records in 2023 and follows three LPs produced with long time collaborators the Rubber Wellies.
His compositions have also featured on stage and on screen, most recently in the award winning Irish horror film “Oddity” directed by Damian Mac Carthy. He has written the soundtracks to four touring circus shows in the Basque Country, sung on audiobooks for Penguin and appeared regularly as a multi-instrumental actor/musician at the Bristol Old Vic.
Original, entertaining and thought provoking, his energetic, feel-good shows are not to be missed.
Praise for Mucho Picnic:
“Quality and sheer exuberance… another satisfyingly all-enveloping album ****”
– RnR Magazine (UK)
“This feels like something that comes from a pre-digital age, with musicians honing their chops on the road and well constructed songwriting like a solid classic car you can kick the wheels of.”
– Snack Magazine (UK)
“Imagine Mike Scott at his best… Van Morrison getting thoroughly rootsy and the playfulness of Rory McLeod.”
– RnR Magazine (UK)
“Harry Bird brings a versatility and a knack for storytelling… Touches of Tom Waits-y vaudevillian, even a little of the wry observational tone of Randy Newman.”
– Snack Magazine (UK)