Joe Murphy & the Water Street Blues Band

Halifax, NS | Blues, Cajun Blues

Joe Murphy and the Water Street Blues Band are a “blues institution” in the city of Halifax, playing every Saturday afternoon for over 20 years! Led by singer, blues harpist, slide guitarist and accordion player Joe Murphy, the band has released a number of albums, including 2002’s Some Rough Stuff with famed New Orleans bluesman (and Murphy’s personal friend) Johnny Sansone, with whom he performed at the 2010 Festival. A fervent collaborator, Murphy has played with just about every performer visiting the Maritimes, as well as legendary blues players such as Otis Rush, Johnny Copeland and John Lee Hooker. Joe will bring that spirit of collaboration to Harvest as he debuts an exciting new duo show with Garrett Mason in the Hoodoo on Thursday night and jams with as many great Harvest musicians as he can in the Maritime Monster Jam later that evening!