Singer- songwriter, storyteller and world-renowned song-leader, Reggie Harris is an interpreter of the global music narrative. A passionate, engaging inspirational entertainer and concert artist, Reggie is known for focusing new energy on the important role of music in the discourse for inclusion and the struggle for human rights using the lessons of history as a base. As an expert on the music of the Underground Railroad and the Modern Civil Rights Movement, he is at home on stage as performer, lecturer, or leading classroom discussions.

A 2021 winner of both the Spirit of Folk Award from Folk Alliance International and the W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Award, Reggie was on CNN’s 2020 Silence is Not An Option program with Don Lemon, and in the New York Times to discuss his familial connection as the descendant of slavery as a great-great-great grandson of confederate General Williams Carter Wickham and his slave Bibhanna Hewlett with his White cousins. 

His 2018 CD “Ready To Go” ranked as the #5 CD of the year on the Folk DJ Charts and was in the top 30 on the US Folk DJ charts for 5 months of 2018. The title cut was the #1 song for May 2018.  

His latest release “On Solid Ground" was ranked as the #2 CD for 2021 on the FAI radio charts. The title cut was nominated as Folk Alliance Song of the Year.  

Reggie’s many recordings and collaborative CDs can be found at: www.Reggieharrismusic.com. Join Reggie on August 13 for an entertaining and inspirational evening of song and storytelling.