Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Harper Title: Stand Together Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Blind Pig Original Release Date: 1/1/2010 Re-Release Date: 5/18/2010 Genres: Blues, Pop, Rock Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 019148513525 |
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Part harmonica wizard and part rhythmic explorer, Harper is a fiery artist who blurs the lines between rock, blues, soul, and world music. His latest Blind Pig release, Stand Together, is the most artistically realized CD ... more » |
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Product Description Part harmonica wizard and part rhythmic explorer, Harper is a fiery artist who blurs the lines between rock, blues, soul, and world music. His latest Blind Pig release, Stand Together, is the most artistically realized CD Harper has ever written. The self-produced album marks the first time Harper has recorded a CD using his Michigan-based touring band, Midwest Kind, a collaboration that pays several dividends. For one, he was able to go deeper into the song arrangements, incorporating some of the interplay of their live performances. And his close relationship with his band members enabled him to craft exactly what he envisioned his songs to be. Though Harper has already been acknowledged as an exemplary composer, his current songwriting has matured and his messages have become more powerful. The greater confidence and polish that come as a result of his non-stop touring schedule have only enhanced his considerable skills as a singer and harmonica player. And his proficiency as a didgeridoo player has increased dramatically since picking up the instrument in 2004. Similar CDsSimilarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsHarper - "Stand Together" absolutely stands alone in it's un 'Rebel' Rod Ames | Ingram, Tx | 05/19/2010 (5 out of 5 stars) "
Peter D. Harper, with his latest record, Stand Together, has written and arranged some of the most soulful, blues-rock filled music I've heard in quite some time. The man can blow a harp like no body's business; and did I mention he has created some of the most soulful, most blues-rock filled music I have heard in quite some time? However, this is just skimming the surface of what this phenomenal artist emits from this 12 song CD consisting of his Michigan-based touring band, Midwest Kind. Harper enlists the sounds of blues, rock, R & B, and adds a strong element of world music, as evidenced by the use of the aboriginal musical instrument didgeridoo. In fact, Mr. Harper himself plays this incredibly recognizable musical instrument commonly played by the native peoples of the "Outback". He intricately weaves its mysterious sound into several of these very uniquely original tunes. His use of the didgeridoo in combination with the more traditional musical instruments (i.e.; electric guitar, drums, Hammond and Wurlitzer, etc.) adds an eerie, wild sound from down under that lures the listener in, and almost savagely places its hooks into the listener's sense of hearing. He or she is seemingly left dangling there, metaphorically speaking, totally taken into custody by this incredible combination of sounds. As the listener progresses through the album, it's as if he or she is trekking through a jungle of musical notes in conjunction with other strange sounds, creating an extremely textured wall of musical vegetation and undergrowth. You can feel and hear the richness growing all around, eventually smothering the listener in a symbolic quicksand of wonderfully strange sounds. It's a musical jungle one will never want to leave. " |
