Jack Harris

02 February 2012 (19:30 - 22:30)

Award winning singer songwriter. Winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival ‘New Folk’ Award, 2005 (Previous winners: Lyle Lovett, Gillian Welch, Nancy Griffith)

Jack Harris

The literate, compassionate songs of Jack Harris have won him much acclaim

in songwriting circles. A South by South-West showcasing artist at 17,

Jack was also the first international act to win the New Folk songwriting

competition at The Kerrville Folk Festival, Texas. Previous winners include

Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Gillian Welch and Devon Sproule.

Jack Has also gigged frequently in the UK, USA and Europe, both as a

support act and headline performer. He has made several appearances at

The Green Man Festival, and opened for some of folk music’s biggest names,

including Dick Gaughan, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, as well as

contemporary songwriters like Anais Mitchell and Jeffrey

Focault.

Jack’s live show is a riveting mix of song-craft and story-telling, adorned by

intricate fingerstyle guitar and smoky, soulful vocals. Drawing from the

narrative traditions of Folk and Blues Music, Jack brings both into the here

and now; a “born poet”, whose songs are whole narratives in miniature.