Sue Ann Harkey

Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sue Ann Harkey has been a part of Seattle and New York's underground music and visual arts scenes for over two decades. Her work, which has been referred to as "futurist folk," blends philosophical and political lyrics with improvised music inspired by free jazz, electronic, folk, and Middle Eastern and African elements. Harkey discovered improvisational music's power in 1979, when she began playing guitar with friends; this led to her exploration of the harp-guitar and the 12-string guitar