Making Noise in the Library: Corey Harris

Join us in the UVA Music Library for Making Noise in the Library with Corey Harris, a guitarist, songwriter, and band leader who has carved out his own niche in blues. This free event will take place on Friday, November 22, at 1:00 PM.

Harris has performed, recorded, and toured with many of the top names in music including 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. 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."*

The Making Noise in the Library series brings artists into the Music Library for free events and is supported by a grant from the UVA Arts Council.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda (map). For parking information, visit: https://music.virginia.edu/directions-parking

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