JP Harris has announce a limited amount of US appearances for 2022, starting with a country duo set at Nashville’s Musician’s Corner concert series on Sat., May 14th. He will also be performing with a full band on Fri., May 20th at The Basement, celebrating the new release by longtime friends Banditos; Kristina Murray and Justin & The Cosmics also appear.

For his first road date since 2019, JP plays with the full band at the first annual Schellraiser Festival in historic McGill, NV, June 2-4, alongside the Old 97’s, Nikki Lane, The Cactus Blossoms, and many more. Freshly-built “glamping” with full amenities, as well as nearby hotels, are still available. This is surely a first-year festival not to miss.

At the summer’s end, he will make one last full band appearance as he returns to Georgia for the boutique music festival and campout Wildwood Revival, Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2022, feat. Black Pumas, Jenny Lewis, John Moreland, and many more.

As promised, in early March of 2023, JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain will be returning to UK-IRL-EU alongside old friend and country-blues songwriter John R. Miller; this co-headline tour features both in duo form accompanied by fiddler Chloe Edmonstone, as well as a special set as a trio, worked up especially for this extensive overseas tour.

Despite all hopes, JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain tour with John R Miller has been postponed to winter 2023. Tickets will be refunded at point of purchase, stay tuned for rescheduled shows.

JP Harris has announced the first tour dates in over two years, as JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain, alongside friend and fellow songwriter John R Miller in February, March, and April of 2022. The two will both be accompanied by the fiddling of Chloe Edmonstone, longtime friend and Georgia native raised in the Appalachian old time music community.

With thirty three dates in eight countries, this will be one of the most extensive tours overseas that either JP or John have ever done, coming back across the pond in full force to deliver JP’s gothic Appalachian banjo ballads, and John’s timeless country songwriters’ blues. This will also be the first formal support touring behind JP’s new side project album Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man, which spent several weeks of 2020 on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts as well as the “most added” list across various radio charts.

The second single and music video from “Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man,” the debut album of JP’s old time side project JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain is streaming exclusively online at the esteemed Fretboard Journal.

An old and quirky ballad of disputed origin, Harris takes a subdued and dark approach in contrast to the oldest known recordings, accompanied by friend Chance McCoy on fiddle and backing vocals. The music video was filmed on a mild fall day at Narrows Of The Harpeth in Kingston Springs, TN.

Preorder all formats via the online store, including the limited edition-of-500, gold foil, hand numbered vinyl.

Country singer JP Harris announces his old time side project debut, under the moniker JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain, “Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man.”

For many years prior to his country career, JP built and played fretless old time banjos, finding community in the somewhat-forgotten world of Appalachian stringband music. One of the enduring friendships from those days is with dear friend Chance McCoy, who engineered, produced, and fiddled on this album, at his homestead in the remote mountains of southeastern West Virginia in the summer of 2020.

This album will be officially released June 25th via Free Dirt Records, available on all formats. LP/vinyl is limited to 500 hand numbered, gold foil stamped copies, and includes two exclusive bonus tracks with the download card, unavailable anywhere else. Preorder while they’re still hot off the press!

The first single and music video is up now on The Boot filmed at Cook’s Old Mill in Greenville, WV. In JP’s words: “this is old time music; it’s not polished or pitch-perfect, it’s not tailored for radio airplay...this is me at my truest and rawest, singing songs of death, deceit, and the devil from the 18th and 19th centuries, playing an archaic and outdated style of banjo. Some of y’all may like it and some of y’all won’t, but it’s honest.”

A few days before Christmas, JP Harris hummed himself a melody and penned a tongue-in-cheek tune about the increasing prominence of disinformation, conspiracies, and the wildly innacuarte claims of “fake news” surrounding both the COVID-19 pandemic and the US election.

On Christmas morning at 6:30 AM, he was awoken by the detonation of one of the largest car bombs in American history, blowing a fireball high above the Nashville skyline just a few miles away. It spurred him to finish what was originally a cathartic, inward exercise, and to record a video of the song on New Year’s Day that was released via his social media channels. Serendipitously, the video went viral (being reposted by none other than pop star P!nk) and at the behest of many friends and fans, JP rushed into the studio to record a full band version shortly thereafter.

JP Harris says, “this song isn’t so much about individual conspiracy theories or movements, extremist political factions, doomsday nut jobs, or the insanity of Trumpist Republicanism, but rather about the absurdity of where the age of  the internet and intentional disinformation has landed us.”

The song is now available to stream or purchase on all platforms, and is the first new release since 2018.

After exhaustive touring in support of his third full-length LP “Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing,” JP and his gang are spending the last three months of 2019 on the road, rounding out close to 150 road dates since the album’s release in October of 2018. Covering twenty states (GA - FL - NC - VA - IN - WI - IL - MN - MO - CO - UT - MT - ID - OR -WA - CA - NV - AZ - NM - TX - OK), and close to fifty live shows, JP Harris continues to live up to the accolades he’s received for the album including “Best 100 Albums of 2018” by Paste Magazine and “Country Album Of The Year” from the Independent Music Awards.

Also available only at lives shows and through his online store, JP will be selling the remaining few copies of volume two in his duet series, “Why Don’t We Duet In The Road (Again)” until the limited-to-500 vinyl double 7” is gone! The gatefold, numbered, random color vinyl release features guest with Elizabeth Cook, Malin Pettersen, Miss Tess, and Erin Rae, and are also available to stream or purchase digitally on all platforms.

JP Harris has just announced the second volume in his ongoing duet project, entitled “Why Don’t We Duet In The Road (Again),” feat. AmericanaFest Emerging Artist Of The Year nominees Erin Rae, SiriusXM DJ Elizabeth Cook, Miss Tess, and Norwegian Spellmanprinsen Award winner Malin Pettersen.

The release comes on random color vinyl, gatefold, and is limited to 500 numbered copies. Includes download. Preorder is open now exclusively through JP’s online store, and includes an instant download of the EP. Official release date on all other digital and streaming platforms is Friday Sept. 13th; any physical copies remaining on release day are available only through JP Harris’ store or at live shows, and will not be released on CD! PLEASE NOTE: ships Sept 16th. PREORDER YOUR COPY HERE!

JP Harris’ third full length album of original music, Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing, was selected as Country Album of The Year by the Independent Music Awards, following a few months on the heels of making Paste Magazine’s Top 100 Albums Of 2018.

After producing a stage for Newport Folk Festival at the end of July, JP and the band will kick off an eastern and northeastern run at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC; dates in PA, RI, MA, NY, OH, WI, KY, and a first border crossing to play The Dakota Tavern in Toronto, ON are on the list for August. JP will be making several appearances throughout AmericanaFest Sept 9-15, heading out for two sets at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion and one at Pilgrimage the following weekend, heading for a quick run to Texas and Alabama the following weekend.

Eastern October tour date announce coming soon, as well as western dates in Nov-Dec…

After a month on the road with the band, JP and gang regroup for a few before heading out in June for select midwestern and southeastern shows. Dates in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia are all up now on the tour dates page.

The 2018 Independent Music Awards nominees have been announced, and JP’s latest work “Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing” is nominated in the Best Country Album category! If selected, this would make the second time JP’s taken home this award, after winning the same title for his debut album in 2012.

JP Harris will take to the road with timeless rock-and-roller JD McPherson again in February, March, and April 2019. Supporting JD as a duo, shows have been announced in MO, CO, ID, UT, OR, and WA.

The full band will be joining JP for two nights each opening for JD at Mississippi Studios (Portland OR) and Tractor Tavern (Seattle WA); full-band, headline shows have been announced in OR, CA, AZ, and OK. A select few dates may be added, get the BandsInTown app on your smartphone or desktop to stay up to date on all show announcements, and track all your favorite bands on tour!

More summer dates to be announced in the near future, stay tuned y’all!

JP Harris will take to the road with timeless rock-and-roller JD McPherson again in February, March, and April 2019. Supporting JD as a duo, shows have been announced in FL, GA, MO, CO, ID, UT, OR, and WA.

The full band will be joining JP for two nights each opening for JD at Mississippi Studios (Portland OR) and Tractor Tavern (Seattle WA); full-band, headline shows on the west coast and southwest to be announced soon, with appearances in CA, AZ, NM, TX, and OK.

Tickets for full band shows in January and February, including special appearances in IL, IA, IN, KY, LA, TX, PA, and RI are currently on sale, with limited availability in several towns. Advance tickets highly recommended!

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After a wildly successful European tour in November, JP returns stateside and will hit the ground running to support JD McPherson, currently touring his original Christmas album “Socks.” These shows will be played as a duo in Houston, Dallas, and Austin TX as well as Oklahoma City OK and Memphis TN.

In January, JP strikes out again with full band in tow for regional runs to the midwest, as well as a return to New Orleans and Texas. Full dates via “ON TOUR” tab. Stay up-to-date on all the happenings and road adventures via Instagram!

At long last, the lead track off the new JP Harris album “Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing” premieres today on The Nashville Scene. “JP’s Florida Blues #1,” a raucous, tongue-in-cheek tale of a drug-fueled Florida tour gone awry, is delivered via a star-studded music video featuring The Watson Twins, JD McPherson, Chance McCoy of Old Crow Medicine Show, and many more.

Album preorder bundle deals also go live today, and include an instant download of the first three tracks off the record! Bundle any soft goods with any previous recordings and save 10%! 

“Sometime Dogs Bark At Nothing” will officially release October 5th via Free Dirt Records.