Doors at 7. Show at 8. Seating is first come first served. Ages 18+.

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Blue Jay Listening Room and Flying Saucer Presents Corey Harris.

Corey Harris is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and band leader who has carved out his own niche in blues.

A powerful singer and accomplished guitarist, he has appeared at venues throughout the North America, Europe,

Brazil, The Caribbean, West Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

He began his career as a New Orleans street singer, traveling throughout the southern U.S. In his early twenties he

lived in Cameroon, West Africa for a year, which had a profound effect on his later work. He has recorded many old

songs of the blues tradition while also creating an original vision of the blues by adding influences from reggae, soul,

rock and West African music. His 1995 recording, Between Midnight and Day, is a tribute to the tradition of acoustic

blues. Subsequent recordings, such as Greens From the Garden (1999), Mississippi to Mali (2003), and Daily

Bread (2005) show Harris’ maturation from interpreter to songwriter. Some of his imaginative compositions are

marked by a deliberate eclecticism; other works stay true to the traditional blues formula of compelling vocals and

down-home guitar. With one foot in tradition and the other in contemporary experimentation, Harris is a truly unique

voice in contemporary music.

He has performed, recorded, and toured with many of the top names in music such as BB King, Taj Mahal, Buddy

Guy, R.L.Burnside, Ali Farka Toure, Dave Matthews Band, Tracy Chapman, Olu Dara, Wilco, and others. His

additional recordings include Fish Ain’t Bitin’ (1996), Vu-Du Menz (with Henry Butler, 2000), Downhome

Sophisticate (2002), Zion Crossroads (2007), and blu black (2010).

In 2003 Harris was a featured artist and narrator of the Martin Scorcese film, “Feel Like Going Home,” which traced

the evolution of blues from West Africa to the southern U.S. In 2007, he was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur

Fellowship — commonly referred to as a “genius award” — from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation. The annual grant, which recognizes individuals from a wide range of disciplines who show creativity,

originality and commitment to continued innovative work, described Harris as an artist who “forges an adventurous

path marked by deliberate eclecticism.” That same year, he was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree

from Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine.