Tag: Corey Harris

Categories
Arts Culture

Corey Harris Band

Supplied photo.

Fronted by the eponymous legendary blues and roots musician, the Corey Harris Band brings traditional Delta blues to contemporary audiences with an influx of world music flare. Well-traveled—and well-versed—Harris was instrumental in the rise of acoustic guitar blues in the mid-’90s and has an expansive sonic vocabulary with inflections from African, Caribbean, and Latin music. The MacArthur “Genius” award-winner’s latest release, Chicken Man, serves up stripped-down acoustic blues. The band plays Fridays After Five with support from Batesville folk-blues musician Willie DE.

Friday 8/23. Free, 5:30pm. Ting Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. tingpavilion.com

Categories
Arts Culture

Pick: Corey Harris

Corey Harris. Supplied photo

New blues: With imaginative compositions and an eye for eclectic experimentation, guitarist and vocalist Corey Harris has his own vision of the blues. Drawing on his origins as a New Orleans street singer and his travels through the South and Cameroon, Harris takes the traditional blues formula to the next level with influences from reggae, soul, rock, and West African music. Harris will celebrate the release of his new album, Insurrection Blues, and book, Bluespeople Illustrated: Legends of the Blues, while also raising money for the Charlottesville-Winneba Foundation, a nonprofit that works to strengthen the sister city partnership of Charlottesville and Winneba, Ghana.

Thursday 12/2. $25-35, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net.