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Harper and Reid

About Me

The Bluesbunny has described our voices as 'working so well together that you would never tire of listening to them.’ Thanks!At our acoustic sets we prefer things simple, using only a mixture of voice, guitar and percussion, pushing the wonderful Harper harmonies.Recently we have started collaborating with other musicians in order to create a fuller, more upbeat sound - now playing our sets with a fiddle player, bassist and cajun drummer - spicy!The amazing talent of James O'Dobhailean joins us on fiddle; Chris Rodgers of epic Glasgow band Hercules Mandarin on bass; and the drumming and percussive talents of Dorothy Weber from feisty Salon Society. We feel pretty lucky to be playing with them and so hope to record some of our new tunes together over the next wee while.We hope you enjoy our music.Harper & Reid

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Member Since: 15/02/2006
Band Members: Claire Harper (Vocals/Guitar)___________________Emily Reid (Vocals/Guitar)___________________ James O'Dobhailean (Fiddle)__________________ Drums, Bongos, Percussion & Cajun courtesy of Gary 'fast hands' Wilson & Dorothy Weber ___________________Bass courtesy of Chris Rodgers
Influences: The artists we love... Jewel, KT Tunstell, Amy Macdonald...Laura Marling...Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald...Norah Jones, John Martyn, Bare Naked Ladies...Nina Simone, The Eagles, Jeff Buckley...Sigur Ros, Bill Withers, U2...Led Zeppelin, The Waifs, The Wailin' Jenny's...The Duhks, Martina Sobrara, Missy Higgins...Queen, Van Morrison, Guillemots...Marvin Gaye, Gershwin, India Arie...Al Green, Lionel Richie, Joni Mitchell...Jack Johnson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eva Cassidy...Jason Mraz, PJ Harvey, Sarah Mc Lachlan...Kelly Clarkson, Damien Rice, Gladis Knight...Otis Redding, Jill Scott, Hailey Hutchinson...Gemma Hayes, Tilly and the Wall, The Magic Numbers... Rodrigo y Gabriela, The Metro-Gnomes, Regina Spektor...this list will never be complete...
Sounds Like: Hopefully us ;)
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Danny Kyle Open Stage

Hi, here's the link to the recording of our wee stint at Celtic Connections this year, we're the second act on the mp3. Enjoy  Harper & Reid http://www.canstream.co.uk/celticmusic/index.php?cat=DannyK. ..
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:08:00 GMT

Harper & Reid at Celtic Connections!

Harper & Reid, along with James O'Dobhailean on fiddle, will be playing Danny Kyle's Open Stage at the Celtic Connections festival this Wednesday between 5-6pm. We are very excited and hope you will s...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:10:00 GMT

New addition to the band!!!

A recent addition to the Harper and Reid set is the amazing talent of James O'Dobhailean. James' beautiful fiddle playing complements the trade mark harmonies so well. We are in the process of recordi...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Our first review!!!

This is the review for our recent gig at the Liquid Ship - very exciting to get some feedback and is extremely motivating :) The Bluesbunny Emily and Claire, Hercules Mandarin, Early Songs a...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:25:00 GMT

Money Raised!!!

Thank you to all who donated prizes to us for our Ramshorn gig - the raffle brought in a sweet £235.35p!!! And no it wasnt rigged even though practically all of our mates won the p...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:04:00 GMT

Come and Support Us - In The Pink Breast Cancer Charity Gig

Friday 20th October is the official 'In The Pink' day for raising money for breast cancer. Approximately 42,000 people were diagnosed with breast cancer in the year 2000 in the UK. Around 41,700 of th...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:55:00 GMT

BAND NAME SUGGESTIONS!!!

Ok so we're looking for band name suggestions at the moment so all are welcome... also songs are eventually up and going to be working at the end of the week so horah! Claire and Ems
Posted by on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:35:00 GMT

Indigo Girls are Braw!

Spug ;)   Check out the Indigo Girls -they are two women - Emily and Amy - who both play guitar and sing and are from the states, they are AMAZING! I love their song Galileo which is on thei...
Posted by on Tue, 09 May 2006 07:40:00 GMT

Bonourno!

Well hello my Italian comrade!   Great to hear from you! All calmed down a bit here temporarily after shows etc but still trying to keep myself amused ;) Uploaded a few of the photos I had taken ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:02:00 GMT

Update

Bonjourno Regazzi Grand job Harper, all is workin well - grazie to my technological genius :) How is Glasgow? Missing the banter and music but is summer in no time.. canny wait! Italy is good and work...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 05:45:00 GMT