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Deborah Henson-Conant
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Grammy-nominated electric harpist, singer, composer, innovator and educator Deborah Henson-Conant (known to many as DHC) has mesmerized audiences throughout the US and Europe for the past three decades. Shattering every harp stereotype with her electrifying performances, she’s known for her on-stage image, her humor, passion and innovation, wearing the electric body-harp she designed. Whether commanding concert halls or intimate salons across the U.S. and Europe, she transforms the harp into an instrument of limitless expression—blending blues, flamenco, Latin, and classical influences with her powerful vocals and storytelling flair.
Amanda Whiting: Lost In Abstraction
by Gareth Thompson
Ahh, the angelic harp, a symbol of celestial beings, Biblical healing, Irish identity and a rubbish lager. In jazz terms we think of the instrument in relation to Casper Reardon, Dorothy Ashby, Alice Coltrane and more recently Deborah Henson-Conant. A noble list of names if not exactly boundless. The harp is, after all, much less portable ...
Carol Robbins: Moraga
by Hrayr Attarian
The harp is certainly rare in jazz and so its role in a traditional combo is not well defined. Alice Coltrane, for example used it as a supplement to her keyboards, while Adele Girard, played it like a boogie woogie piano. Others like Janet Putnam and Betty Glamann were relegated to a rhythm guitar role in ...
Edmar Casteneda: Entre Cuerdas
by Woodrow Wilkins
The harp is a jazz instrument? Though not as widely appreciated as, say, the saxophone, a few daring souls have taken this classical instrument into the world of improvisation--among them, Dorothy Ashby, Deborah Henson-Conant and Lori Andrews. Colombian-born Edmar Casteneda is another in their ranks. Casteneda began playing harp at age 13. His career ...
Electric Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant NYC Concert Friday, March 21st
Known as the “wild woman of the harp," Grammy-nominated composer/performer Deborah Henson-Conant brings her fusion of music, theater, stories and humor to Manhattan's Symphony Space. The self-produced One Way... and Another showcases two separate concerts: One Way @ 7:30pm featuring her favorite works from the past 15 years; and ...and Another @ 9:30pm premiering new pieces. ...
