Name: Insurrection Blues
Brand: Corey Harris

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BLOCD012

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-12-10

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0734598256999

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Artist

Corey Harris

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Blues / Gospel

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Insurrection Blues is Corey's 1st release in over 3 yearsand 20th album overall and first for M.C Records, and continues a blues journey that began with his debut album Between Midnight and Day in 1995. The songs are full topical relevance, yet steeped in tradition and informed by his musical explorations over the decades. Recorded in Italy under shutdown conditions, the album returns to the solo acoustic format that's been his base since his early days as a busker in New Orleans.Given his gift of synthesizing many musical strands into a seamless piece of work, it's no wonder Harris has received many accolades. He's a sought- after collaborator, too. He was featured in the Scorsese film "Feel Like Going Home" and on the now-classic "Mermaid Avenue" albums of rediscovered Woody Guthrie songs, for which he wrote some of the music. Corey has collaborated with B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, and Dave Matthews.

In Insurrection Blues Harris brings some necessary commentary into his acoustic universe. Like many of us, he was paying attention to national events during the pandemic lockdown. And when he saw the profoundly disturbing events in Washington DC on January 6th, the path of his next album became clear. "I felt there was a duty, a responsibility, to use the craft to say something."His feelings about the insurrection made a framework for the album, whether the songs were explicitly connected or not. "As an African American living in America, as a descendant of slaves that built this country, I am looking at the survival mechanisms that have existed for people to persevere in di cult times. And when we think about that, the blues always comes to mind."

Insurrection Blues

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