David Burk is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in Latin, African, and Caribbean music, as well as Middle Eastern styles, and he counts guitar, bass, oud, cuatro, cavaquinho, tres, saz, mandolin and chumbus among the instruments he plays. David Burk has performed at venues throughout North America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East with ensembles including Out of Africa, Lorraine Klaasen, Keith Secola, Shangoya, Zuni Mi'goze, Voices of Sepharad, The Georges Lammam Arabic Orchestra , Armenian accordion virtuoso Valeriy Saakian, famed Persian singer Sattar, traditional Persian group Robayat,  Ethnic Dance Theatre, Amandla, Mpambara, Voice of Liberia, Saharan Nights, Fuego Flamenco, RaiAction, BraSamba, Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble, and the Melismatics.

  He has also performed with numerous acts who first made their mark in the early years of rock music, including the Drifters, the Coasters, Tommy Roe, Peter Noone, Spencer Davis, the Platters, the Marvellettes, Bo Diddley, Frankie Ford, and numerous others.

          In 2001, he was awarded a Jerome Travel and Study grant to attend the Arabic Music Retreat at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts, where he studied with Simon Shaheen, Dr. Ali Jihad Racy, Bassam Saba, and other prominent Arabic music luminaries

          In 1995, he co-founded the educational group Karibuni, which, in conjunction with both Young Audiences and COMPAS, presents an African music and culture program in schools throughout Minnesota. With fiddler David Stenshoel, he has further co-founded the "ethno-techno" group Redondo, which contemporizes traditional songs from various cultures around the world via modern "sampling" technology. Since 1988, he has produced over 30 different compact disc releases for various record labels and independent recording artists throughout the Midwestern US, including LABOR PARTY, Cafe Con Leche andHermanos Borja .

          He maintains a full teaching schedule, and he is also an occasional columnist for GUITAR PLAYER magazine. A busy songwriter with representation in Nashville, Los Angeles, and New York City, a song of his is featured on the soundtrack of the  Hollywood motion picture "Lush" (released September 2001).  In 1998 and 1999, he served on an Advisory Panel for Minnesota Arts organization COMPAS. On stage, Burk has further played with groups who have opened for the likes of Youssou N'Dour, the Mighty Sparrow,  Kanda Bongo Man, Burning Spear, Yellowman, Asleep At the Wheel,  NRBQ, Beausoliel, and many others.