Upcoming shows
- Friday, July 20th Harlan Pepper in Kearney, ON at River and Sky Festival
- Saturday, July 21st Harlan Pepper in Thornbury, ON at Bridges Tavern
- Friday, September 7th Harlan Pepper in Thornbury, ON at Bridges Tavern
- Saturday, September 8th Harlan Pepper in Thornbury, ON at Bridges Tavern
- Friday, September 21st Harlan Pepper in Hamilton at Hamilton Place
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A bit of Pepper
Matthew from i (heart) music This is probably odd of me to say, but listening to Harlan Pepper’s debut, Young and Old, reminds me of bits and pieces of in Michael Chabon’s collection of essays, Maps and Legends. In a nutshell, the collection — or, at least, the pieces I’m thinking of — argue that [...]
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Reviews from the Blogs
No Depression | The Roots Music Authority exclaim.ca straight.com | Vancouver’s Online Source ALANKOMAAT | Melodic & Melancholic Off the Dial | Victoria Canning largehearted boy The Mad Mackerel | Music was our first love The Late Greats | Random Friday The Insomnia Radio Network LMNOP aka dONW7 | Baby Sue NOW Magazine Music Share [...]
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A good first album but it runs out of gas
Donald Teplyske – Red Deer Advocate A four-piece from Hamilton, Harlan Pepper is gaining attention across our country. When lead tracks Great Lakes and El Jandro bound from the speakers, it is easy to hear why. This freshness continues through the album’s next four tunes, with the voices and instrumentation blurring distinctions between folk angst [...]
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The youthful maturity of Harlan Pepper
Shawn Clarke – Roots Music Canada Listening to Canadian Roots Music, and loving it. Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Harlan Pepper is a young band. These 4 Hamilton lads are fresh out of high school, but playing their own brand of roots rock with great maturity. They have a solid grasp of [...]
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Spring Cleaning Soundtrack
The Alternate Route – serving the online Roots Americana music community since 2007 The spirit that lives in the music of Harlan Pepper comes from a time before the band played, or listened, to music. The four Hamilton, Ontario natives are young guys who channel the 60’s and 70’s rock of record stores and album [...]
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Juno Week and JunoFest featuring the Beauties, Kevin Drew, Classified, Harlan Pepper
exclaim.ca …Warming the Dakota were hotly tipped Hamilton rockers Harlan Pepper. Still a very young band, they’re improving in leaps and bounds. The group mostly played material from their recent debut disc, Young and Old, with the catchy “Reefer” and “Great Lakes” standing out as the group mixed psychedelic freak-outs with roots rock in a [...]
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Harlan Pepper Young and Old
Robert Reid, NightLife staff, TheRecord.com …The quartet recalls the days of old-time, country soul decked out in hip, rock rags reminiscent of artists spanning Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers to early Jeff Tweedy and Wilco. Share on Facebook
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Harlan Pepper Take Young and Old Debut on Ontario Tour
By Andrew Pham – exclaim.ca Charming Hamilton, ON folk act Harlan Pepper are hitting the road in support of their debut album, Young and Old. The tour kicks off today (February 15) in Toronto and spans across Ontario, with one stop set for Quebec. Harlan Pepper’s Young and Old, which will officially be self-released on [...]
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Harlan Pepper – Young and Old
Catherine Lacbay – buying shots for bands Young and Old’s opening tune, “Great Lakes”, is a little more bluegrass than the rest of the album, and really exemplifies great Canadian songwriting, highlighted by some fancy work on the harmonica. In addition to bluegrass, the album touches upon folk, country, blues, and rock. “El Jandro” is [...]
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Six Shooter Records Presents: Harlan Pepper, Deep Dark Woods & The Beauties