Award-winning musician Eric Harper and his fiery flamenco guitar will be performing February 11at the Kamsack Playhouse Theatre.
Harper’s performance will be the third in a series of four Stars for Saskatchewan concerts being brought to Kamsack by the Kamsack Arts Council for the 2016-17 season.
“His highly-engaging performances involve audience participation, improvisation and writing tunes on-the-spot,” said information from the Arts Council. “The music and often hilarious stories are about his travels throughout the world.
“From the US to Portugal, from Spain to Israel, from Switzerland to China and back to the US to Canada, Eric's mischievous mix of storytelling, singing and virtuoso guitar playing make concert experiences an inspiring performance of the human spirit,” the information said.
Advance tickets are on sale at Cottenie and Gardner in Kamsack and online at www.Ticketpro.ca.
Harper creates not only a unique sound all his own but his music is melodically entrancing, ferocious and harmonically soul-stirring to the core, it said.
“At his show, expect to see floor-stomping, guitar-scraping, rhythm-beating madness combined with a powerful, honey-dipped voice that will leave you touched, moved and inspired.”
Harper is an exotic fusion of rock and flamenco; think Dave Matthews meets the Gypsy Kings, it said. “Not only can his hands move like lightning like the Gypsy Kings but his voice is smooth, velvety and invokes a strength that moves even the biggest music skeptic.
Harper has four CDs that reflect his many styles: The Best of Eric Harper, A Very Timely Christmas, Romper a Madrugada and Ribeira. He is the winner of multiple awards including: Yamaha Young Performing Artists Award and Guitar Mania Contest 2014 winner and he was a finalist in the Morton Gould Composer Award and the Lennon Songwriting Competition.
More information can be found on Harper’s website: www.ericharpermusic.com.
The final performance of the 2016-2017 Stars for Saskatchewan season will be The Middle Coast on March 10. Drawing on influences ranging from The Guess Who to The Eagles to Hall and Oates with tinges of Motown soul and Nashville twang, The Middle Coast weaves story-telling, 1970s-inspired deep grooves, audience interaction, and sweet solos to create an entertaining and unforgettable show.
