Bruce Archer plays a smoky, primitive Americana infused with blues, bluegrass, country, folk, and rock influences. His finger-picking and slide guitar styles merge 40-plus years of playing and sifting through musical genres with his Iowa roots and his years in the Minneapolis alt-rock scene into instrumental and vocal performances that are both gritty and authentic.

Masterful finger-picking and slide guitar punctuate the highly autobiographic lyrics of his album THE HALLOWED LAND. This eclectic, sometimes rollicking, sometimes reflective, genre-bending album is a paean to traditional storytelling. Look for it on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, and other streaming services.

Archer's career has taken him from open mic nights in college, through forming, performing in and writing for bands that regularly played high profile alt-music clubs in Uptown, Downtown and West Bank Minneapolis, to returning to performing solo in the north woods of Minnesota. He's enjoyed playing with some top-notch musicians, including opening for legendary bass guitarist Ronnie Lane (Small Faces), the Uppity Blues Women, the Jayhawks, the Gear Daddies’ frontman Martin Zellar, the Phones, and Run Westy Run—to name a few.

Through it all, he has relied on his Iowa roots and sense of who he is, bringing a raw authenticity to his performances.