Uncle Sinner

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Uncle Sinner
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Uncle Sinner in 2017, promotional image for his album "Let The Devil In"
Background information
Also known asStar Thistle
Origin Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres Gothic country, Death Gospel, Gospel blues, Country Gospel, Blues, Folk Blues, Americana, Southern Gothic
Years active2008 (2008)present
Labels Transistor 66, Transdigital 66, Devil's Ruin Records, Stomp The Bug Music
Website www.manitobamusic.com/unclesinner

Michael Bodner is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Winnipeg, Manitoba who performs Gothic country/Death Gospel music under the name Uncle Sinner. [1] [2] [3] [4] ,

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History

Uncle Sinner playing his live set at NXNE in 2010 UncleSinnerNXNE2010.jpg
Uncle Sinner playing his live set at NXNE in 2010

Bodner began performing as Uncle Sinner in 2008 as he recorded his first album Ballads and Mental Breakdowns with the help of his friend Matt McLeod (AKA Fuller Vengeance). Backed by McLeod, Bodner released his debut album on December 9, 2008. [5]

He released a limited-time digital album of outtakes and demos titled A Pocketful of Glass Eyes in March 2014 to help raise money to purchase recording equipment for his home studio. [6] [7]

His second full album, Let The Devil In, was released in February 2015 and created using the funds raised from the previous album. [8] The album continues to showcase Bodner's ability to adapt and transform old folk, blues, and gospel songs to suit his own gothic style. The album was entirely self-recorded, mixed, and distributed by Bodner. In August 2018, Uncle Sinner toured Eastern Europe playing songs from his first three albums. [9]

Uncle Sinner's third full album, Trouble Of This World, was released in mid-March 2020. The album is dedicated to the memory of Matt "Fuller Vengeance" McLeod. [10]

On May 24th 2021, Bodner released an album of originals under the pseudonym Star Thistle titled The Best of Star Thistle. [11]

Discography

As Uncle Sinner

As Star Thistle

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