HARPER & MIDWEST KIND

510 North Main,Chelsea MI 48118

11 June, 2022

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HARPER & MIDWEST KIND HARPER & MIDWEST KIND JUNE 11TH | DOORS 7:30 | $10 Harper and Midwest Kind:- Award winning Roots/Blues & World music from Australia. 14 x Blues / Roots Awards in 4 Different Countries!!!! Award winning Australian singer/ songwriter/ virtuoso harmonica player "Peter D. Harper", now based in Detroit, Michigan, USA creates a heady mix of roots music through his creative use of the harmonica, and the haunting drone of the didgeridoo. Known in the music world as "Harper", brings forth his latest release "RISE UP" (Access Records), featuring 10 original tunes that reach deep within. "RISE UP", which had its debut at #3 on the Billboard Blues Charts, profoundly expresses Harper's creative use of the harp and the haunting drone of the didgeridoo with underlying meaningful lyrics, which reflect the divisive times, we currently live in. Harper has received an amazing 14 x Blues/Roots Music awards (including a Gold Record) in the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada and achieved 4 x Top Ten Billboard Blues Charting albums. He recently won a Detroit Music Award for "Outstanding Vocalist". Peter D Harper is known for his powerful soulful voice and a deep, almost mystical approach to the roots genre. This new release is an expansive musical and lyrical journey, stirred up with masterful harp and the deep, woody percussive tones of the didgeridoo. "RISE UP" is without doubt Harper's best work to date and was listed in the Top 20 Albums of the year by Blues Blast Magazine. Harper and Midwest Kind have been nominated for the 2021 Independent Blues Awards fo *Best Modern Roots Band and *Best Modern Roots Album - "RISE UP". "RISE UP" follows the highly acclaimed "Show Your Love" ( 2016) which reached # 3 on the Billboard Blues Charts and stayed in the top ten for an incredible 6 months. Harper is backed by his talented Midwest based touring band called "Midwest Kind" which features: Austin Johnson on guitar, Lee Lewis on Bass Guitar, Jeremy Canonico on Drums and Bobbi Llewellyn on backing vocals/ percussion. Karen Albano/ Modern Rock Review (USA) describes “Harper is an original, playing the harmonica like an authentic Chicago bluesman, singing about unity and love like a member of peacenik jam band, belting crisp vocals like a straight-up superb classic soul performer, and then pioneering the didgeridoo into these popular forms of modern music. Unique and quality music of this kind is truly a rare treat”. While Rhetta Claudette Akamatsu, Making a Scene USA, states "A magnificent, deeply evocative album by a great singer-songwriter and his fantastic band. I give it the highest marks". For further information please check out the Official Harper Website: www.harper.biz Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/peterdharper www.facebook.com/harperandmidwestkind www.reverbnation.com/harperandmidwestkind Harper and Midwest Kind on Instagram Twitter: Harper and Midwest Kind on Twitter https://open.spotify.com/album/2IeqctJJj3LVCXrSPD2ucF Spotify Link for RISE UP​ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0kqjMIDhc7wA1aoJD1aOuY?autoplay=true&v=A Spotify Link for other Harper's CDs HARPER AND MIDWEST KIND LIVE https://youtu.be/rzOTsasaptQ Welcome Home - TCs Jams at the Bluestage, Michigan USA https://youtu.be/L4TL7F5ZCNU Hateful - TCs Jams at the Bluestage, Michigan, USA. https://youtu.be/HQ9c1eU_kK0 I cant Stand This -Headliner-Mammoth Lakes Bluesapalooza California USA https://youtu.be/ocol-YR2qcQ Big Brown Land/ When The Levee Breaks - Headliner at Old Towne Blues Fest, MI, USA, PBS TV Backstage Pass Television Series https://youtu.be/bGL2Z1PJAUk Aint Love Blind - Headliner at Old Towne Blues Festival, Michigan, USA https://youtu.be/-_vgEKpS6vU Show Your Love - Bohm Theatre https://youtu.be/ovxdkb2pYxc Its Time To Go - Headliner at Kitchener Blues Fest, Canada