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Corey Harris

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Moh Kouyate
Jeudi 18 Avril 2019
le bon temps va rouler dans
La Chapelle
19, rue de Lappe Paris 11

"The class of the new acoustic blues singers," Village Voice "A throwback to a lost era… has the same majesty, stark beauty and brutal honesty as the music's inventors and innovators," Blues Revue "Masterful...a remarkable talent...potent... effortless...magnificent he embodies and transcends tradition" Chicago Tribune ”Combines stunning acoustic guitar work with deeply resonant vocals" Austin Statesman ”Sings in a voice pebbled with hundred-year-old gravel and haunted by ghosts fromancient crossroads....an authentic voice and an eclectic vision" San Francisco Bay Guardian ”The authentic article; the real keeper of the Delta flame" Jazz Times ”Brilliant readings of blues standards, seamlessly fitting new compositions, lovely guitar work, and amazing vocals...plain astonishing.... Clean, fast picking sung and played with a sweetness that brings to mind Mississippi John Hurt. Harris is a steady and consistent presence" Blues Access

http://www.coreyharrisband.com

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in concert from Virginia out of New Orleans & Colorado
Corey Harris
Wednesday 25 May 2005
La Java

PARIS, 21 mai 2005 (AFP) - Corey Harris à la Java le 25 - Le guitariste et chanteur américain Corey Harris, troubadour-musicien, à la fois serviteur d'un Mississipi blues authentique et influencé par d'autres styles de musiques métisses, sera en concert à Paris (La Java) le 25 mai. Sur son nouvel album qui vient de paraître, "Daily Bread" (Rounder Records), il s'ouvre encore plus largement qu'à l'accoutumée au reggae. A l'instar de Olu Dara, autre musicien aventurier et voyageur, sa musique navigue entre blues, calypso, reggae, dub, country, rythm'n blues, folk. Corey Harris est le personnage principal du film de Martin Scorsese, "From Mali to Mississipi", paru l'an dernier, où il jouait son propre rôle, celui d'un musicien afro-américain en quête de ses racines.

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an impromptu private concert
wed 24 mars 2004
La Java

jamil williams - andy j forest - corey
25th march in the sound gallery after getting off the magic bus and on each other
monster late night private jam

il y a des superbes photos et un excellent compte rendu de ce concert sur
http://www.laguitare.com/2004/corey_harris.html

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This was the very first concert we organised at La Java
Corey was expected for a solo gig
but he came with
Johnny Gilmore
1964 - 2009
on drums
so not quite solo
at
La Java
Sunday 20 May 2001

Opening Up
Rene Miller & The Wedding Band

and then there was
Alain on harmonica, Little Victor on another marmonica,
+ members of the Wedding Band got involved in the community jam

Hailed as one of the saviours of the acoustic blues tradition. "The class of the new acoustic blues singers," shouted the Village Voice.
"A throwback to a lost era," raved Blues Revue.
Indeed, Harris, who in just six short years has gone from busking on the streets of New Orleans to sharing stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Natalie Merchant, The Dave Matthews Band and Billy Bragg, has only one constant in his music, and that is evolution.
Besides blues, Harris loves all styles of music and rejects the notion that he is the living incarnation of the old blues masters.
"I like to live in the here and now and look forward," he maintains. Harris uses his acoustic blues as a blasting-off point, making up-to-date, foot-stompingly original music that seemingly crosses all boundaries.

COREY HARRIS
&
HENRY BUTLER
1950-2018

Jeudi 12 Octobre 2000

Links.: www.alligator.com

Corey Harris


Tues 1st & Wed 2nd August 2000

Read Mike Zwerin's piece in the Herald tribune

When people first hear 28-year-old acoustic guitarist/vocalist COREY HARRIS, they often think they are listening to one of the old blues masters. A native of Denver, Colorado, Harris fell in love with music at an early age, and made his own music with a toy guitar he received at age three. He learned to sing and play by ear, When his mother turned him on to Lightnin' Hopkins at age 12 (the same year he got his first real guitar), Corey found his true musical calling.

After attending Bates College in Maine, Harris, along with his newly acquired National steel guitar, moved to Cameroon in West Africa in 1991. While there, Harris' love for acoustic blues continued to grow, as did his understanding of the importance of the indigenous juju music ("the place where blues began," according to Harris).

After returning to the United States, Harris moved to the rural Louisiana town of Napoleonville and began teaching French and English, all the while continuing to play his blues and refine his craft moonlighting as a street musician in nearby New Orleans. He quickly devoted his life to music full time.

In the past 2 years, Corey has played with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, and Billy Bragg, just to name a few. Currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia, he continues to draw upon his myriad of influences to deliver one of the most unique, yet timeless sounds around.

Last Minute Hasty But Great and Tasty !

Corey Harris
and Jamal Millner
Friday 12th May 2000

Clearly Corey can't get enough of playing at the Hotel du Nord, he's been here every year since 1999
and we can't get enough of this tremendous singer-songwriter hailed as one of the saviors
of the acoustic blues tradition.
His visionary 1997album, Fish Ain't Bitin', solidified his reputation as a ground breaking acoustic bluesman.
"The class of the new acoustic blues singers," shouted the Village Voice.
"A throwback to a lost era," raved Blues Revue.
But that's not the way Harris sees it. "There's blues in me," says Harris, "but I'm not a bluesman. I just live to be a songwriter, I don't limit myself to playing just one type of thing. I try to put variety into what I do."
In town to play a sold out Olympia on the 10th with Tracy Chapman, for those who want to know more about him on a face to face level get down the "The Bottleneck" restaurant where he'll be settling in for a
Question & answer session on thursday 10th at 8-30 pm. it's at 31 bvd Malesherbes Paris 8.