First the current news, then to catch up a bit… Starting Thursday, May 3rd and continuing the 1st Thursday of every month at 9:30pm at the Metropolitan Room I will host my new show called “Duos”.  I’ll have two guests, each of whom will do a few songs with me. …

  Mid-May to mid-November of 2011 contained a great deal of musical activity for me.  To get caught up to the present and not make a freekin’ book out of it I’ll make a list of things with short descriptions, using pictures where possible.   *  *  * Walden Guitars…

Starting on Monday, October 3rd, Jonathan Lee and I will be in stores in the Northeast to share the wonders of Walden Guitars with people.  Jonathan is the chief designer, president, and founder of Walden, and his love of guitars is infectious.  I’m really looking forward to spending time with…

H2 will be performing at Iridium Jazz Club in NYC this coming Tuesday the 6th at 9:00pm EDT.  We are anticipating a very good turnout, so reservations could be a good idea: 1(212) 582-2121 And here’s a link to the live internet streaming for those in faraway places [anywhere not…

Bistro and MAC Awards 2011 Phil Ramone shook my hand as he walked off the stage with Dionne Warwick.  Someone handed me a thick glass tile… …with the words: BISTRO AWARDS 2011 Outstanding Achievement SEAN HARKNESS INSTRUMENTALIST …etched into it from the back. I walked up to the microphone.  As…

This post will attempt to catch up with the activities that have kept me busy since my last entry of the same nature.  The Bistro and MAC Awards will have their own entry, H2 Duo has its own, Walden gets an article, the New York Times article will post separately,…

Last year we recorded Flights: Volume 1 and had an extremely good response from the small distribution we were able to do ourselves.  Now we are thrilled to be part of the Opening Day family along with Canadian Brass, David Braid, and many other great artists.  ODEG will be releasing…

At home in New York City, guitarist Sean Harkness recently garnered the Outstanding Instrumentalist of 2011 Backstage Bistro Award, and a MAC Award for his New York solo shows. In addition to featuring Sean on the cover of their 2011 product catalog, Walden Guitars is releasing a Sean Harkness Signature…

For many years I played almost every night – sometimes two and three events in a day – with a bar band from Vermont.  Quite a few of them, actually, but one band in particular called Zero Gravity was my main gig. It was a damned good band, and we…

This year I have been honored by both a Bistro Award and two MAC Award nominations.  This confirms for me that I have found the right people to work with, as it does when I look at the list of other winners and nominees in the various categories. The Bistro…