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for|the football player of the same name|Corey Harris (American football)Infobox musical artist|image = Corey_harris_06.JPG|image_size =|name = Corey Harris||caption = Corey Harris @ Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival (2003)|background = solo_singer|birth_name =|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1969|2|21|mf=y|birth_place = Denver, Colorado|Denver , Colorado , United States |death_date =|origin =|instrument = Human voice|Vocals , guitar |genre = Blues , delta blues , reggae |occupation = Musician |years_active = 1995–present|label = Alligator Records|Alligator , Rounder Records|Rounder , Telarc Records|Telarc |associated_acts =|website = http://www.corey-harris.com/ Official website|current_members =|past_members =Corey Harris (born February 21, 1969, Denver, Colorado|Denver , Colorado ) is an United States|American blues and reggae musician , currently residing in Virginia . Along with Keb' Mo' and Alvin Youngblood Hart , he raised the flag of acoustic music|acoustic guitar blues in the mid 1990s.cite book | first= Tony | last= Russell | year= 1997 | title= The Blues - From Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson to Robert Cray | edition= | publisher=Carlton Books Limited | location= Dubai | pages= 116–117 | isbn= 1-85868-255-X He was featured on the 2003 PBS television Miniseries|mini-series , The Blues (film)|The Blues , in an episode film director|directed by Martin Scorsese .
Biography
Harris was born and raised near Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine with a Bachelors Degree in 1991, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2007. Harris received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for language studies in Cameroon in his early twenties, before taking a teaching post in Napoleonville, Louisiana under the Teach For America program. http://www.bates.edu/x157810.xml Bates College website On his debut solo (music)|solo album Between Midnight and Day (1995) he investigated the repertoire of Charlie Patton , Booker White , Fred McDowell , Muddy Waters and Sleepy John Estes .
In 2002, Harris collaborated with Ali Farka Toure on his album , Mississippi to Mali , fusing blues and Toure's music from northern Mali . In 2003, he contributed to the Northern Blues Music|Northern Blues release, '' Johnny's Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash .
Harris has lived and traveled widely in West Africa , an influence that has permeated much of his work. Harris has toured extensively throughout Europe , Canada , West Africa, Japan and Australia . He is known for his solo (music)|solo acoustic work as well as his electric musical ensemble|band , formerly known as the '5 x 5'. His current band is known as the Rasta Blues Experience.
He helped Billy Bragg and Wilco to write the music for "Hoodoo Voodoo" on Mermaid Avenue , an album consisting entirely of song s for which the lyrics were written by the late Woody Guthrie . He also appeared as a musician on the album and its sequel, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II .
In September, 2007 The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that Harris was among 24 people named MacArthur Fellows for 2007. The Fellowship, worth $500,000, is payable over five years.
Discography
Solo
1995 Between Midnight and Day ( Alligator Records|Alligator )
2007 ZionCrossroads ( Telarc International Corporation|Telarc )
2009 blu.black (Telarc)
2011 Father Sun Mother Earth (Njumba)
Contributions To Others
2003 '' Johnny's Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash '' ( Northern Blues Music|Northern Blues )Harris contributes his version of "Redemption", originally 111found on Cash's American Recordings (album)|American Recordings .
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External links
http://www.coreyharrismusic.com/ CoreyHarrisMusic.com Official website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169275/discography|pure_url=yesCorey Harris at Allmusic
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=QpbwXEaKjg4 Speech by Corey Harris at Bates College
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