Bart Budwig
photo credit : Jen Borst
Bart Budwig is a son of Idaho, a cosmic country crooner, a rousing trumpet player, and cryin’-style soul singer. His music is made up of seemingly incongruous parts; thrum & strum country rhythms, jazz guitar melodies, R&B vocals.
When Bart sings he draws out words into meditative mantras, whole note neologisms that keep you hanging on until his raspy voice trails off in a ragged edge. His most recent album, Another Burn On The AstroTurf (Fluff and Gravy Records) was recorded over five days by a seven-piece band inside the OK Theater. It’s a melancholy rhapsody that recalls the uncorked rock n’ roll spirituality of king mystic Van Morrison, the gloomy nostalgia of dark prince Nick Drake and the songcraft sans self-seriousness of 70s Muscle Shoals.
Bart has built a dedicated fan base through a decade of touring as a headliner and supporting artists such as Damian Jurado, John Craigie, California Honeydrops, Justin Townes Earle, Jeffrey Martin and Mason Jennings.
Bart is also an acomplished engineer and producer and is credited on albums by Gregory Alan Isakov , Joseph, Horse Feathers, Blind Pilot and The Shook Twins.
Bart Budwig performs solo or with a full band
Look out for singles and a new album in early 2027
Now booking concerts and festivals in the US + Canada
“my name is todd snider and i am folk singer too. i just wanted you to know that i am listening to the paint by numbers jesus album for the first time and i am so moved by it i wanted to write a to you and say so. all of it too, the lyric, melodies, production, singing, ... thank you for creating this and putting into the world. what a great way to start a week. ts.”
- Todd Snider
“Sometimes when Bart sings, I forget what we’re talking about. I’m sure he knows though. I trust him. He sounds like John Prine, plays like Hoyt Axton, and looks like well… Bart Budwig. He’s a cosmic country lawn gnome.”
– Sean Jewell, American Standard Time
“He’s goofy and amiable on stage, and then he starts singing and I’ll be damned if he can’t sing the whole range of human emotion.”