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About Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen 
Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid have combined their talents to create one of the
most potent duo teams in acoustic music. They are both gifted instrumentalists, strong and versatile singers, and
prolific songwriters, and are comfortable in a dizzying array of styles of roots and Americana music. They jump from
showstopping celtic jigs and old-time fiddle tunes to house-shaking blues rockers, soaring gospel duets, and achingly
beautiful ballads. Reid’s legendary acoustic and slide guitar work make a perfect backdrop for Andersen’s
powerful fiddling, and they take turns on lead and harmony vocals to showcase a large and interesting repertoire
of original, traditional and contemporary music. They have brought audiences to their feet at folk & bluegrass
festivals, clubs, coffeehouses and concert halls across the US and in Europe, and have released 4 highly-acclaimed
collaboration recordings.
About Harvey Reid 
After 30 years as a full-time performer, Harvey Reid is a familiar name to acoustic music fans everywhere,
for his peerless stringed instrument work, profound composing and songwriting, lively stage shows, and his in-depth knowledge
of traditional music. Raised in the music-rich DC area, in the 1970's he played street fiddle, as well as guitar, mandolin
and dobro in a number of bluegrass and old-time bands before moving to New England and embarking on a solo career in 1979.
Reid won the Beanblossom flatpicking contest in 1976, the National Fingerpicking award in 1981 and the International autoharp
contest in 1982, and has shared the stage with most of the great pickers of today. His “Solo Guitar Sketchbook” was
included in Guitar Player Magazine's Top 20 acoustic guitar CD's, and “Steel Drivin’ Man” was the only
recording of the last 25 years chosen by Acoustic Guitar Magazine in its Top 10 Folk CD's Of All Time list. He also has
released the only recording ever devoted entirely to the 6-string banjo, and is among best autoharp players performing
today. Reid has released 20 albums to great critical acclaim, exploring traditional as well as his own brand of modern
roots music.
About Joyce Andersen 
Joyce Andersen is a greatly talented and versatile fiddler, songwriter and singer from New Hampshire who
has recently stepped out as a solo artist. She spent over 10 years in New England, New York and Nashville, playing in
numerous bluegrass, swing, celtic and country bands, taking her from the club and festival circuit all the way to Carnegie
Hall (with The McKrells) and The Conan O’Brien Show (with Marshall Crenshaw) In 2005 she released her 3rd solo CD, “Love & Thirst” which
garnered a great deal of national attention. The Boston Globe called her “...an exciting young fiddler-singer with
precocious traditional savvy and street-smart contemporary sensibility” and she has received significant national
radio airplay as an emerging artist. She can trade licks with the hottest bluegrass or jazz pickers, tear the house down
with a blood-curdling Appalachian-voodoo fiddle & vocal duet, melt you with a Billie Holiday torch song, dash off
a flawless set of Swedish fiddle tunes, or hypnotize you with one of her haunting guitar songs.
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