Jo Harman

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Jo Harman is an award winning vocalist who has performed at some of Europe's most prestigious venues, including performing for, and with, the likes of Patti Smith and Joan Baez in Berlin. The Daily Mirror called her 'the finest female soul blues vocalist in the UK' and Huey Morgan said on his Radio 2 programme 'sometimes you hear a voice that leaves you speechless...I am'. She is widely recognised as one of the finest vocalists and writers to emerge in Europe over recent years, and has the CV, and industry admirers, to back it up. Some brief career highlights to date include:- - her DIY debut album, released in 2013, being picked up V2 Records (Adele, Mumfords) etc in the Low Countries where it made the national album charts (alongside mainstream TV and Radio appearances for Jo) - she has played around 100 festivals in recent years - many as headliner - across a number of countries, simply by dint of 'word of mouth' reputation, culminating in 4 consecutive appearances at 'BluesFest' - resulting in her 'Jo Harman Live at The Royal Albert Hall recorded by the BBC' live album. Jo was also one of only 12 (otherwise household name) artists to play ParkPop in the Hague to 300,000 people. - Jo was one of a handful of (otherwise household named) artists asked to appear at Amnesty's 'Ambassador of Conscience' Awards in Berlin where she performed for, and with, Joan Baez (and Patti Smith). - Jo has just recorded a much anticipated second studio album in Nashville, working with producer Fred Mollin (Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, BB King etc) which is scheduled to be released early in 2017. Live, her soul fuelled show ranges from hard rock to intimate, heart-warming ballads and features both her own emotive songwriting, but also personal takes on well-known standards and songs that mean a lot to her.

"Brilliant...get it!' Mail On Sunday "sometimes you hear a voice that leaves you speechless....I am' Huey Morgan on Radio 2 "A must hear album" Jazz FM "On course to be the finest female soul and blues vocalist in the UK" Daily Mirror Stunning…our tip for 2013. Harman’s music mainlines the human soul’ The Blues Magazine (9 out of 10) “A landmark album” (9 stars) Country Music Magazine “A veritable superstar on the British blues and roots scene, she really is that good….the voice is a glorious instrument, immensely expressive and with a tone that can send shivers down the spine…this is an astounding record, timeless, rich and powerful …it’s this disc that truly says that she is a star of our time.’” Tone Monkey ‘What a voice!’ – Classic Rock

Buddy Harman 1928-2008

Source: Michael Ricci
August 27, 2008

Buddy Harman, a prolific and influential drummer whose rhythmic signature can be heard on thousands of recordings by the likes of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Simon and Garfunkel, died on Thursday at his home in Nashville. He was 79.

He had been suffering from congestive heart failure, said his daughter Summer Harman, who confirmed his death.

Mr. Harman played on an estimated 18,000 recordings, many of them major hits, in a career of more than five decades. ...
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Obituary

Buddy Harman Popular Nashville Session Drummer Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2008

Buddy Harman, 79, one of Nashville's most-recorded drummers, died Thursday at his home there. He suffered from congestive heart failure.

Harman played on more than 18,000 recordings, including Roy Orbison's “Pretty Woman," Johnny Cash's “Ring of Fire," Tammy Wynette's “Stand by Your Man" and Elvis Presley's “Little Sister." “He's Nashville's all-around drummer, and he's the best drummer I ever worked with," Harold Bradley, who played on many records with Harman, said Saturday in the Nashville Tennessean. When Harman started drumming ...
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Interview

Bluesman James Harman Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 15, 2007

James Harman is a senior member of the first wave of white American musicians who entered the blues during the 1960s, starting when he was only sixteen. With a pasted-on mustache, he was slipped into black night clubs in Panama City, Florida, promoted as “That boy who sings like a man." Within a year, he started his own band. In the years to follow, he restarted several times by moving to Chicago, New York, Miami, New Orleans and, finally, California. ...
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Performance / Tour

Harman International Celebrates The Sixth Season Of Harman: How To Listen

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2002

Acclaimed jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonists Jimmy Heath and David Sanchez, and songwriter Dan Zanes named artists for the 2002 edition of the celebrated music education program

Washington, D.C., March 14th, 2002 -- Harman International announced today that multi-Grammy Award nominee, jazz trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard, saxophonists Jimmy Heath and David Sanchez and songwriter Dan Zanes will join harman: how to listen, now in its sixth consecutive year. The program continues to bring renowned musicians of all disciplines ...
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Music Industry

2001 harman: how to listen

Source: All About Jazz

What is harman: how to listen?

harman: how to listen is a touring music-appreciation course targeting multicultural, urban elementary schools for children ages eight to ten. The program's master-class presentations are conducted to accommodate groups of one hundred and fifty to two hundred students.

harman: how to listen takes an interactive, participatory approach designed to explore, with young minds and young ears, new ways of “how and what" to listen for in music. Using the harman: how to listen curriculum, ...
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Music Industry