Steve Bell, the son of a prison chaplain, began his full-time music career in the bars of western Canada where he played in folk, rock, and country bands for almost a decade.
A renewal of faith saw him writing Christian oriented music and, beginning with his first solo album in 1989 called 'Comfort My People', he has built a loyal following in Canada and the United States. Tracks from his second album, 1992's 'Deep Calls to Deep', still receive American airplay.
His third album, 'Burning Ember' in 1994 garnered unanimous plaudits. This was followed by the Christmas concept album entitled The Feast in 1995.
His touring has taken him across the USA from Vermont to New Mexico, and he has played in Churches and theaters in every province of Canada from Charlottetown, PEI to Victoria BC. Off the continent, Bell has performed in India, Thailand, Philippines, Ireland, Poland, and the Caribbean.
Such hectic activity convinced even a business beginner like Bell that he had to take control of his career. That meant combining forces in 1995 with Dave Zeglinski, owner of Mid-Ocean Recording Studios, to form Signpost Music. Their company now boasts a state-of-the-art Pro-Tools digital workstation as well as 24 tracks of 2" analog recording, a mail order business with more than 7,000 customers across North America, 70 real-time cassette duplicating machines and their own CD writer.
In 1997 he released his fifth album 'Romantics & Mystics'. Also in '97 Signpost Music signed Bell to Winnnipeg's PEG Music, the adult side of Oak Street Music which put Steve Bell's music in all mainstream stores across Canada as well as all Christian bookstores for the first time. The album spawned several singles and videos.
Billboard Magazine named Bell one of the Top 10 Canadian artists to break internationally in 1998. Bell has earned a Juno nomination for Best Gospel Album for his latest release Romantics & Mystics (Signpost Music/Peg Music).
Since releasing his first album in 1989, Bell has sold a combined total of over 70,000 copies of his entire catalog of albums.
Singles
Albums
1989 Comfort My People (independent)
1992 Deep Calls To Deep (independent)
1994 Burning Ember (independent)
1995 The Feast (independent)
1997 Romantics & Mystics (PEG)
Video
Compilation Tracks
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