Bruce Coughlan is a career performer. A songwriter, recording artist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, compere, and storyteller par excellence with five decades of experience.
This expressive singer & rock-solid guitarist is a musical chameleon, transitioning with ease between Rock, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Celtic, Bluegrass, Jazz & Americana genres. Bruce has recorded 15 albums, garnered many awards, and has been a featured artist at thousands of theatre, festival, community, and corporate concert events, performing in 8 provinces & 1 territory, (including a Canada Day performance on Parliament Hill for over 250,000 people) he's performed in 38 states, and has toured the United Kingdom on a dozen occasions.
Bruce’s experience in the film industry includes stints as a performer, voice actor, consultant, music coordinator & special ability extra, at times being the hands of John Denver (Take Me Home, Country Roads) and the singing voice of Roger Daltrey (The Highlander Series). A studio caliber vocalist, Bruce has sung jingles for corporate clients that include Shell, Nokia, Microtel & Tim Hortons, while his recordings have found their way into a number of television, documentary & film soundtracks. His TV and radio appearances are far too numerous to mention.
Skills and Interests
Feature Vocalist: many genres & styles
Sound-alike vocalist: matching tone, timbre & character
Multi-instrumentalist: can play guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, woodflute, whistle, ukulele & percussion and can look convincing on many other instruments
Character voices: can adapt tone, timbre, character & inflection. mimic accents, etc.