Durham County Poets are a Canadian blues band from Ormstown, Quebec.[1] They are most noted for their 2019 album Hand Me Down Blues, which was a Juno Award nominee for Blues Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.[2]

Durham County Poets
Durham County Poets performing 2022
Durham County Poets performing 2022
Background information
GenresBlues

The band consists of singer Kevin Harvey, guitarists David Whyte and Neil Elsmore, double bassist Carl Rufh and drummer Rob Couture.

In addition to the Juno Award nomination, Harvey also received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Traditional Singer of the Year at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards for Hand Me Down Blues.[3]

Discography edit

  • Where the River Flows (2012)
  • Chikkaboodah Stew (2014)
  • Grimshaw Road (2017)
  • Hand Me Down Blues (2019)
  • Out of the Woods (2022)

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Video on YouTube