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Bill Malkin is a singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Southern Africa but these days lives in Chester (UK). He performs both as a solo artist and with a flexible line-up of musical friends known as 'The Band Wagon'. His music is, for the most part, acoustic and can probably best be described as 'modern folk'. Influences include artists such as Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Jim Croce and James Taylors. In the folk tradition his songs are often story-based. ‘Bill possesses that all too rare gift of bringing people and history to life for us in his song writing. The articulacy with which he relates to an audience provides the perfect canvas for his work which is well observed, intelligently written and most of all interesting for the listener. The craft of song writing is in safe hands’ – Anthony John Clarke ‘Over the years the music industry and their punters have overdosed on the use of categories, using words like trends and genre with clear intent of influencing and thereby conditioning people’s tastes for their commercial gain … as with the predatory fashion industry, founded on the fear of being seen to be dissimilar. True diversity, while recognising and encouraging cultural uniqueness,transcends any separation and cherishes a universality and oneness of music. The music of the group Bill Malkin and the Band Wagon goes a long way to overcome these prejudices.’ - Stan Ambrose (Folk Scene, BBC Radio Merseyside)