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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, these are heavy & emotional times. So thanks for coming out to the concert. Thanks Jay for your delightful photos. Stay safe & strong, friends!

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chalkdog.bsky.social @chalkdog.bsky.social · 8d

Ryan Jewell, Patri Satish Kumar, and Bill MacKay this evening improvising and collaborating magically at * Far Out * at the IO Theater in Chicago. I wish I had a recording of the artistry I heard tonight.

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 10d

Get Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker's
Land of Plenty reissue here:
billmackay.bandcamp.com/album/land-o...

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 17d

Psyched the Bill MacKay / Ryley Walker Land of Plenty reissue is out today. Big thanks to Drag City for making this happen. See link to purchase. Get a copy now. Long live music..!

www.dragcity.com/products/lan...

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 17d

Psyched the Bill MacKay / Ryley Walker Land of Plenty reissue is out today. Big thanks to Drag City for making this happen. See link to purchase. Get a copy now. Long live music..!

www.dragcity.com/products/lan...

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 18d

The bingo scene in Pittsburgh is amazing

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 20d

Anybody else working on a quadruple album right now?

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · 24d

I've tried but I can't go ambient right now

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Sep 12

The sock scene at Sound and Gravity Fest is pretty amazing!

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am happy to find out that a person who I really like has a bunny.

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wrote a new song while eating carrot cake

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Aug 28

Some people I know get mad at me 'cause I don't do what they want

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Aug 23

Ease is overrated. Most things worth doing aren't all that easy.

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Aug 13

Sunday at 3pm at @esschicago in Chicago

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Aug 7

Middlebrow has great soft-serve

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Aug 4

ANNOUNCEMENT: Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker's Land of Plenty record reissue is out Sept 26 via Drag City.

Order it via DC & here!
billmackay.bandcamp.com/album/land-o...

Thanks for your support! Psyched for this one to be back in the world!

Land of Plenty, by Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker

7 track album

billmackay.bandcamp.com

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Jul 13

Get your SpiderBeetleBee here!
www.dragcity.com/products/spi...

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Jun 25

New York! So happy to be here

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AZITA @theeazita.bsky.social · Jun 23

Great weekend recording Michael Zerang’s Puzzle House at Electrical with Cooper Crain. Really really miss you, Steve, and can’t wait for everyone to hear this incredible music!

@michaelzerang.bsky.social @billdmackay.bsky.social @maryhalmmusic @electricalwsop.bsky.social #thankyoustevealbini

Cooper Crain engineering Michael Zerang’s Puzzle House @ Electrical Audio Studio in Chicago

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Bob Schaefer @bobszilla.bsky.social · Jun 22

Edith was occasionally accompanied by A++ Chicago musicians Jim Becker, Sima Cunningham and Bill MacKay.

Guitarist Jim Becker accompanying Edith Frost on guitar at the Hideout in Chicago.

Edith Frost accompanied on guitar and vocals by Sima Cunningham at the Hideout in Chicago.

Edith Frost accompanied on guitar by Bill MacKay at the Hideout in Chicago.

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tat songs @tatsongs.bsky.social · Jun 21

Puzzle House
@michaelzerang.bsky.social
@theeazita.bsky.social
@billdmackay.bsky.social
Mary Halm
Constellation, Chicago
6/20/25

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Jun 19

Friday June 20th I play with Michael Zerang's Puzzle House. Amazing compositions & players. Come by!

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Bill MacKay @billdmackay.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thankful to have a tune included on this benefit comp! Thanks for your support!

Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com · Jun 17

Various Artists :: Save the Waves: People for Public Media

aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/06/17/v...

compendium of the current state of ambient, instrumental psychedelia, topped up with contributions by Takoma-style pickers, experimental droners, slowcore dreamers and improvising guitar heroes

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tat songs @tatsongs.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just unearthed this pic I took of BCMC
at Middlebrow on 7/31/22... seems like a decade ago
@billdmackay.bsky.social

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