Vancouver Folk Music Festival

July 14 to 16, 2023

Tré Burt | CA/TN

With the coming of Tré Burt, the festival welcomes an important new voice in songwriting. That might sound pretty weighty, but informed sources predict Burt will touch many a Vancouver folkie heart. He offers “the perfect combination of first-rate folk songs and (a) voice that brings the message straight through any barriers you might have.” (Mattijs van de Ven, the influences.com).

Drawn to the guitar and songwriting in his early teens, Burt honed his literary songwriting and lo-fi, rootsy aesthetic busking on the streets of San Francisco and travelling the world in search of inspiration. He counts Richie Havens, Elizabeth Cotton and Townes Van Zandt among his influences,

He’s a songwriter who thoughtfully documents what he sees in the world. His 2020 single, “Under The Devil’s Knee”, continues the tradition of outspoken political folk songwriters – a protest song tracing the lives of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and Breonna Taylor. NPR said “Burt’s music expresses an ache for harmony, justice and solidarity.”

Currently signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, he’s released two albums and an EP since 2020, and done a whole lot of performing and touring. A cohesive body of work and growing acclaim clearly illustrates the ever-expanding space in which Tré Burt’s voice belongs.