MORGAN
HARRIS
guitarist | old time musician | teacher
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“...Harris has figured out how to play the guitar with the drive, drones, and finesse necessary to conjure up centuries of old-time fiddling. This debut album is groundbreaking!"
- Matt Brown
"With Old Time Guitar, Harris makes a compelling mark within a contemporary old-time scene hungry to demonstrate its canon isn’t just time capsule music, but relevant contextualized in the present — with production, arrangements, and outside-the-box thinking to match."
- Justin Hiltner, The Bluegrass Situation
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Photo credit: Grace Clark
Morgan Harris (they/them) is a Colorado-based guitarist specializing in traditional North American stringband music, a.k.a. ‘old time’ music. In contrast to purely accompanying role the guitar often occupies in this space, Morgan’s distinctive playing technique allows the guitar to shine as an old time melody instrument, creating a rhythmic drive and a multi-layered resonance rarely heard from a flatpicked guitar. Their 2020 debut album, Old Time Guitar, is a collection of fifteen solo guitar performances demonstrating the possibilities of this unique approach to the instrument, and was picked as one of the top ten old time releases of 2020 on the Old Time Jam with Brad Kolodner. Morgan’s music has been featured on The Bluegrass Situation, They have appeared as a guest on Get Up in the Cool with Cameron DeWhitt, and Relax Your Grid with Matt Brown. They are also a member of the old time trio Tall Poppy String Band.