Mike Stevens (harmonica player)
Canadian harmonica player
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Mike Stevens OC MSM is a Canadian harmonica player from Point Edward, Ontario.[1] He is best known as a bluegrass musician. During his career he has had hundreds of performances at the Grand Ole Opry.[2] He is also known for his work connecting creative artists with indigenous youth in isolated communities as part of the ArtsCan Circle.[3][4]
Mike Stevens | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Genres | Country |
| Instrument | Harmonica |
| Website | mikestevensmusic |
Stevens' harmonica style was described by one reviewer as "multivoiced and blindingly fast".[5]
Stevens entertained at the Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards festival in Huntsville, Ontario in 1998.[6]
Stevens often performs with American fiddle and banjo player Raymond McLain. The duo entertained at the Palmer Rapids Twin Festival in July, 2003.[7] They headlined a concert to raise money for the ArtsCan Circle in Toronto in 2004.[8] They performed together at the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society concert in February, 2008.[9]
Discography
- Harmonica (1990) - Canadian Bluegrass Recording of the Year
- Life's Railway to Heaven (1994)
- Colin's Cross (1995)
- Normally Anomaly (1997)
- The World is Only Air... and a Very Dangerous Hat (2001)
- Blowin' Up a Storm (2002)
- Old Time Mojo (2005) with Raymond McLain
- Black Mustard (2005)
- Piggyback (2009) with Matt Andersen
- Push Record (2011) with Matt Andersen
