Blues and folk wrought with a strong country spine
Bio:
Award winning, Durham, North Carolina, USA–based, singer–songwriter Jason Harrod crafts intimate, narrative songs rooted in folk and blues. His live show pairs warm, unvarnished vocals with nuanced fingerstyle guitar and the kind of storytelling that thrives in listening rooms, arts centers, and sacred spaces. Harrod has a gift for finding beauty in the ordinary places. Through exploring his own spiritual alienation in song, he helps find connection and hope for artist and audience alike.
Jason embodies a blend of blues and folk wrought with an extremely strong country spine. He possesses a strong voice and confident almost 50s-ish presence and sound.
Jason returned to his native Durham, NC after many years in New York. He tours frequently throughout the US and Europe.
Awards:
Finalist in MerleFest's Chris Austin Songwriting competition
First place in the North Carolina Songwriters Co-Op contest
Selected as spotlight performer at the Healdsburg Guitar festival
Fulbright grant to teach songwriting to students in Thessaloniki, Greece
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Listen:
Watch:
Worn Out Welcome
Messed Up Everywhere Blues
Releases
Quotes:
““To see Jason Harrod in concert is to experience independent acoustic music at its best.””
““Jason Harrod’s music has catchy melodies, expert guitar work, and honest lyricism, and that’s all you need.”
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““What singer-songwriter Jason Harrod does best is turn daily moments numinous. Quite simply, Harrod’s
imagination is for this world; he finds deep secrets in ordinary places.””
““Harrod’s music speaks so much to the aches we all feel. Personally, his music has been part of the
soundtrack to the geographies of both my and my husband’s lives for the past 20 years.””
