Har-di-Har, a multi-instrumentalist, trans-genre acoustic duo, consists of life-long performers and partners Julie and Andrew Thoreen. Midwesterners each, these Iowa natives are poised at a crossroads of American sound, geographically and historically. The deft pair is at equal ease with elder sounds like
Simon and Garfunkel,
Joni Mitchell and
Leo Kottke as they are with contemporaries
Grizzly Bear,
Dirty Projectors,
Sufjan Stevens, and
Beach House. Further, their love of dance music combines to create a sum that has been called "D&V"–as the sound is largely dri…
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