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We had a fantastic time at the Exit 56 Blues Fest!
May 28, 2022, 4pm
West TN Delta Heritage Center/Tina Turner Museum
Brownsville, TN
(SHOUT OUT to Sonia Outlaw-Clark for organizing another FANTASTIC event!)
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NEWEST RELEASE AVAILABLE
SINGLE AVAILABLE: "The Love Letter" (is available in all major digital stores and streaming services)
This song is a tribute to my first loves, my parents.
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(Visit the "Music" and "Shows" pages for additional information on releases, performances, and events)
SELECT PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Friday, January 20th on the Mama Red Show with Donna Padgett Bowers, 2:00pm-3:00pm https://www.radio-memphis.com/
Songs for children: "Numbers are Fun!" (multilingual version) & "Numbers are Fun!" (English version)
Available for digital downloads, streaming and on my YouTube channel: Happy Learning Place
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2X546zUvtkv2NCyZaJ8iw (includes lesson ideas for parents & teachers)
Saturday, March 6th--What an honor to participate in the 56th annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee as an artist. The songs I shared were released on the project, "Songs from the Jubilee." FMI about the jubilee, visit selmajubilee.com
https://www.iheart.com/artist/yolanda-harper-31296097/albums/songs-from-the-jubilee-127346891/
The songs on "Songs from the Jubilee" are
- The Legacy of Miss Margarite Bloomfield, III (Blues: A fictional character embodying the soul of an activist)
- Exit to Human Rights (Blues: A song affirming the shared humanity of us and the antidote of "people loving people")
- Be a Bridge (Folk: A song I wrote explicitly for the Jubilee honoring our foreparents who taught us by example that "no act of love is done in vain)
SINGLE AVAILABLE: "Exit to Human Rights" https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/yolandaharper/exit-to-human-rights
https://www.iheart.com/artist/yolanda-harper-31296097/albums/exit-to-human-rights-111774036/
Wednesday, September 23rd -- It was an honor to perform an original song at The Second Concert for a Nonviolent Memphis. Live from South Main Sounds via Facebook Live
Thursday, October 1 was a fun variety show. I shared an original song, "Somebody Arrest Him (He Stole my Heart)," at the Arlington Community Theatre – Thespian Thursday online event: “Romance Romance” program.
Bogalusa to Bassfield is available now! https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/yolandaharper/bogalusa-to-bassfield
Available in all of the typical streaming outlets (Amazon, Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, iHeartRadio, GooglePlay, etc.) I received the inspiration to write "Bogalusa to Bassfield" on December 28th--three days after my first Christmas without my dad. I was drawn to visit Bassfield, Mississippi where my dad was born, and while driving home, I began writing this song. "Bogalusa to Bassfield" was inspired by family stories I heard growing up and tidbits of history I've learned about both Bassfield, Mississippi and Bogalusa, Louisiana. The main character in the song is inspired by aspects of the lives of my dad, granddad, great granddad, and a couple of uncles. The song begins in 1950's when it was common to move from small towns like Bassfield to Bogalusa (“The Magic City”) in order to find work at the paper mill (my dad worked there as a teen before leaving to attend college). “Don’t forget where you come from...“