Halo Rider

HALO RIDER : Anne Harris and Markus James www.halorider.com www.instagram.com/haloridermusic www.facebook.com/HaloRiderMusic ANNE HARRIS “Once you have witnessed Anne Harris play the violin, you aren’t likely to forget the experience any time soon. it is impossible not to be drawn under her spell.”-(BluesWax) "Anne's command of the stage is punctuated with a free reeling and coiling whirlwind of sound and visual excitement. Her gypsy-like stage presence is truly unforgettable and revolutionary in the ever expanding Blues genre. ” (Cleve Baker) MARKUS JAMES Singer-songwriter Markus James recorded 5 critically-acclaimed albums of original Blues-based music with traditional musicians in Mali, West Africa (“Nightbird is one of the deepest listening experiences that will hit the US market this year” –BILLBOARD), and the award-winning documentary film about this collaboration, “Timbuktoubab”, was seen on many PBS and satellite stations around the US. Markus’ album “Head For The Hills”, recorded in North Mississippi’s hill country featuring drummers Calvin Jackson and Kinney Kimbrough , received rave reviews (“Head For The Hills” is undoubtedly one of the finest releases of recent years, both within the genre and beyond” – BLUES MATTERS (UK). The instrumental track “On A Mississippi Porch” appears in the recent Oprah Winfrey film “The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks”.