Jack Harris (born 20 April 1986) is a
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-born
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singer-songwriter, musician, and poet. He is multi-award-winning, most notably winning the 2005 New Folk Songwriting Competition at
Kerrville Folk Festival
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in Texas, the first non-American to do so. Jack Harris has been described as "a priest of song" by singer
Anaïs Mitchell.
He has released three albums. His second album, ''The Flame and the Pelican'', featured at number six in the July 2011
EuroAmericanaChart.
He has made several appearances at the
Green Man Festival, and opened for such folk musicians as
Martin Simpson,
Tracy Grammer
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,
Dick Gaughan
Richard Peter Gaughan (born 17 May 1948) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs. He is regarded as one of Scotland's leading singer-songwriters.
Early years
Gaughan was born in Glasgow's Roy ...
,
Martin Carthy
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, and
Dave Swarbrick.
He currently lives in London, and performs frequently in London folk clubs, as well as further afield.
References
External links
jackharrismusic.com his official website
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Date of birth missing (living people)
1986 births
21st-century British composers
21st-century Welsh poets
Living people
People from Builth Wells
Welsh folk singers
Welsh guitarists
21st-century Welsh male singers
Welsh male poets
Welsh male singer-songwriters
Welsh singer-songwriters
21st-century British guitarists
British male singer-songwriters