Songwriter-singer/guitarist Nathan Bell has toured the US and Canada, playing at clubs, concert halls, and (as a member of the duo, Bell and Shore during the 80s) most of the premier North American acoustic music festivals,  including the Walnut Valley Festival, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and the Mariposa Folk Festival. His work on acoustic, National steel-bodied, and electric guitars is as strong as his songwriting, which is an amalgamation of ideas inspired by writers ranging from Jack London, William Faulkner, and the poet Marvin Bell to Townes Van Zandt and southern short-story master Larry Brown.

Bell has shared the stage with Emmylou Harris, Eddie and Martha Adcock, Stompin' Tom Connors, Townes Van Zandt, Kathy Mattea, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Ricky Skaggs, and a whole cast of scofflaws and gypsies from the folk and bluegrass archipelago. He was a staff writer for Ten Ten Music in Nashville and has been regularly featured at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, often as part of the "Writers in the Round" series with many notable songwriters, including Grammy-Award winner Don Henry, Craig Bickhardt, and CMA award nominee Angela Kaset.

In 1991, he recorded an album of songs with producer/guitarist Richard Bennett (Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart).

With the arrival of his first child in 1995, Nathan took a hiatus to concentrate on raising a growing family. In 2007, Nathan began writing and recording new material.

Nathan has just released his most recent CD, Traitorland.

DISCOGRAPHY

Nathan Bell, Traitorland (Zensuit Records/Cult of 8 Productions, 2008)

Nathan Bell, In Tune, On Time, Not Dead (Zensuit Records, 2007)

Bell & Shore, L-Ranko Motel (Paulstarr Enterprise)

Nathan's songs have been recorded by The Hangdogs, Austin's own Banded Geckos, and award-winning Australian singer Peter Caulton.

Nathan produced and played on albums by Bob Halperin and Jim McCandless.