Tri-Continental is a Canadian blues, folk, and world music group consisting of musicians

Bill Bourne William Sigurd Bourne (28 March 1954 – 16 April 2022) was a Canadian musician. He won three Canadian Juno Awards, and was an eight-time nominee. Bourne's music incorporates musical elements from around the world, including aboriginal, African ...

Lester Quitzau Lester Quitzau (born September 21, 1964) is a Canadian folk and blues guitarist from Edmonton, Alberta. In addition to his own albums, he also collaborates with the roots trio Tri-Continental with Bill Bourne and Madagascar Slim,Cam Fuller, " ...

, and

Madagascar Slim Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin (born October 31, 1956 in Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a Canadian-Malagasy folk and blues guitarist, who records and performs under the stage name Madagascar Slim. He is a member of the folk music band T ...

. They are most noted for winning the

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for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group at the

Juno Awards of 2001 The Juno Awards of 2001 were held in Hamilton, Ontario Canada during the weekend of 3–4 March 2001. The primary ceremonies were hosted by Rick Mercer at Copps Coliseum on 4 March 2001 and broadcast on CBC Television. Performers during the tel ...

, for their self-titled debut album. Formed in the late 1990s for a festival tour blending folk and African music, they released their debut album in 2000.Cam Fuller, "Rootsy music of Tri-Continental timeless, classic". ''

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'', February 1, 2001. Bourne played acoustic guitar and fiddle, Quitzau played slide, electric, and acoustic guitar, and Madagascar Slim played guitar and

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. Between 2002 and 2018, Tri-Continental recorded four more albums. Their most recent, ''Dust Dance'', was released in 2018, and featured contributions from percussionist Michael Treadway. The album received a 2020

Canadian Folk Music Award The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...

nomination in the category Pushing the Boundaries at the 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards and 2019 Album of the Year nomination at the International Folk Alliance Awards.Roger Levesque, "Tri-Continental reunites with new member, album; Drummer Treadway joins Canadian guitar virtuosos for latest offering, Dust Dance". ''

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'', March 7, 2019. Bill Bourne died of cancer on 16 April 2022.

Discography

* 2000 - ''Tri-Continental'' * 2002 - ''Live'' * 2003 - ''Let's Play'' * 2004 - ''Drifting''Roger Levesque, "Tri Continental drifts across various genres". ''

'', December 1, 2005. * 2018 - ''Dust Dance''

References

External links

* * {{discogs artist, Tri Continental Canadian blues musical groups Canadian folk music groups Canadian world music groups Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group winners