When Younger started playing harp as a child, she wore out the Alice Coltrane CD her parents gave her. I just wanted the harp to become more relevant in music and not just be limited to classical and Celtic music.” I wanted to play what I heard on the radio. Her original music has been featured on Beyoncé’s Netflix documentary, Homecoming, as well as HBO’s TV series, Random Acts of Flyness.īut Younger’s not just about playing jazz or classical music: “I didn’t want to only play Bach. The self-managed musician is the founder of the Brandee Younger Quartet, and has performed alongside a broad spectrum of artists including Ravi Coltrane, John Legend, The Roots, and Lauryn Hill, to name a few, as well as a variety of acclaimed symphonies and orchestras. While many people may only associate the instrument with classical music, Younger is one of several contemporary harpists to play jazz and other musical stylings on the instrument. For Younger, she wanted to show the versatility of the instrument: “I want people to know that the harp can belong anywhere. The morning of our interview, Facebook’s “On This Day” feature brought up a seven-year-old photo of Younger and her harp underneath the Brooklyn Bridge, before her gig at Fat Cat later that evening. Not the easiest to carry around, the acclaimed musician has played the harp in studios, bars, and other places with the cumbersomely large instrument-often having to carry it up and down flights of stairs. By Elisa Shoenberger, She Shreds Brandee Younger is bringing the harp to new levels, following in the footsteps of her heroes: Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby.īrandee Younger was once determined to bring her harp into unconventional places.
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