
ABOUT | TREVOR BYSTROM | SOLO



An Independent Artist, born and raised on a small barrier island in Florida, Bystrom developed a passion for world music at an early age, attending music festivals as a kid with his family. At sixteen, he began performing live and writing his own songs. In 2016 Trevor Bystrom joined the World Music ensemble at Berkley, which started to lay down the bricks for Trevor’s path to Caribbean and Afro influenced music.
The next summer, Trevor opened up a recording studio on Anna Maria Island. He started producing a few artists, as well as working on his first self produced album, “Water” which he took this album on the road, with tours in the Northeast.
Trevor continued to write music and perform at shows and festivals across the country as anywhere from a solo acoustic artist, up to an 8 piece ensemble bringing Reggae, Calypso, Bossa Nova, Folk and Funk to the mix.
In the midst of continuing to write and spread his music while still producing for others, Covid happened. With no shows to play Trevor's passion projects blossomed. An artist he was collaborating with on a song at the time decided that with the current lock downs and loss of shows, to record a 6 song EP which transformed into “Mawanga & Bystrom”. For the next year Trevor and Peter worked endlessly to create this album remotely from their own studios over 8,000 miles apart. A one of a kind album that fuses American and Malawian culture into an adventurous, inventive, and deeply moving testament to our shared humanity.
An epic ‘Wedstock’ wedding, Honeymoon to Africa to meet Peter in person, and a baby boy and Step-Daughter later, and life may be a little different, Trevor continues to push his music to explore new world sounds and grooves.
Somewhere along the way, Trevor’s (now 11) Step-Daughter became quite the little Singer/Songwriter of her own. What started with some lessons turned into songs between his sets, turned into the two sharing the festival circuit for over a year now! They have both been working heard writing and recording at their in-home studio, and will be hitting the road this summer in the camper for their 2025 “Family Vacation Tour”.





