about

"Chris Harford sings, plays guitar and paints. He has been writing songs since the 1980s. His major label debut, BE HEADED, was released on Elektra in the early 1990’s. Eight albums followed, the latest of which, Looking Out For Number 6, was released on WEEN's Chocodog label in 2006. His band, THE BAND OF CHANGES, is a revolving door concept that features a loose consortium of over fifty musicians. Many of his albums feature his paintings & illustrations. Graduating from Massachusetts College of Art in 1985 with a BFA in performance art, he first exhibited his paintings in 1990 at the gallery that accompanied New York City's famed punk rock club, CBGB's. When not making wine, coaching lacrosse or swimming the Limmat, Chris can be found writing songs, recording and painting at home in Princeton, NJ."

"...A singer, guitarist,

and songwriter who rose through the local club scene in the nineteen-eighties, Harford operates in the free zone outside rock's usual categories. He has a foot in country, a hand in seventies rock, a toe in folk, a finger in post-punk. With his gruff but plaintive voice and his fondness for muddied-up guitars, he sometimes
recalls Neil Young..."
-The New Yorker

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