About Me
Buddy Comfort, is a cosmic folk singer, heart minstrel, alchemical balladeer, songwriter, composer, performer, recording artist, and singing circle leader (Wings of the Heart). He sings songs from the heart of Spirit about nature, life and love.
He plays piano, keyboards, guitar, hurdy gurdy, angel harp, and Native American drum.
He has sung and played throughout California, as well as Canada, Glastonbury England, and Assisi Italy
He has shared the bill with such diverse musicians and artists as Kate Wolf, Utah Phillips, William Ackerman (Windham Hill Records), Steven Kindler, Daniel Kolbiaka, Steven Halpern, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Iasos, Sophia, Bruce Becvar, Susan Osborne (lead vocalist –Paul Winter Consort), Dolphin the Mime, and Lorraine Hunt.
He has also performed on programs with such visionaries as Margaret Mead, Carl Rogers, Ram Das, Gerald Jampolsky, Swami Satchidananda, Shakti Gawain, Michael Murphy, Buckminster Fuller, and Robert Mueller (Assistant Secretary General of the UN).
He is the singing voice on two Cleo Award winning jingles. New Age Retailer Magazine places Buddy Comfort in the Best of Vocalist category along with Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Eliza Gilkyson, and Bobby McFerrin.
His current CD release, “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” on Tellurian Records with musicians; David Darling on cello, and Alasdair Fraser on violin – includes songs by Donovan from the 1970’S Zefirelli film about the life of St. Francis and St. Claire.
He has provided musical support for conference, workshop and retreat leaders at Esalen, Westerbecke Ranch, Mann Ranch, and Orrs Hot Springs, and the East West Retreat Center in Assisi, Italy. He was known by many as retreat musician for the California School of Herbal Studies. He was music director at the Center for Spiritual Healing in Kentfield, Unity of the Spirit in Berkeley/Orinda and soloist at many San Francisco Bay Area New Thought congregations.
He performed at the first Kate Wolfe Retrospective Concert at Caswell Vineyards, and was the Hurdy Gurdy Man and on stage at the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival. He was a performer for Bread and Roses at convalescent and retirement homes, children’s wards and hospitals.
Described by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott as “not just a songwriter, but a true craftsman of songs”. Comfort has also been described by Michael and Justine Toms of New Dimensions Radio as “one of the Bay Area’s foremost practitioners of healing music”. He is committed to the use of song as a connection with Source, a form of communion and a vehicle for individual and world peace. He provides a soothing and nurturing environment for the opening of the heart through Universal songs and chants of love and nature.
Has been music director for the Center for Spiritual Healing in Kentfield, CA and Unity of the Spirit in Berkeley/Orinda, CA. Is currently a musical guest at New Thought Sunday Services in the San Francisco bay Area and the Monterey Bay Area.
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