
DJ Harrison
February 24, 2024 | 8:00 PM Rhythm Hall
Grammy-Nominated producer, singer, and songwriter, Devonne Harris – better known as DJ Harrison – grew up with music inspired by the diverse local music scene in the greater Richmond area. His legendary career includes collaborating with an expansive pool of musicians – from rappers to bluegrass and everyone in between! The evening will be hosted by Style Weekly music journalist and photographer, Peter McElhinney.
Tier I and Tier II cabaret table seating $42 – $52 per person. Each table seats up to four patrons.
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Artist Biographies
Devonne Harris aka DJ Harrison was born in Petersburg, VA in 1988, and grew up in Chesterfield County. He became interested in music at a very young age, as his father was a radio disc-jockey throughout the 1980s. His musical taste was further seasoned with his parent’s record collection, eventually learning the rhythm section instruments from said records: drums as a toddler, followed by piano, bass, guitar, and certain horns in middle school. He joined the Thomas Dale High School marching band in 2002, which introduced him to an array of teachers and peers that were involved in different styles of recording (4 track cassette machines, production software, etc). He went on to attend Virginia Commonwealth University’s jazz studies program, where he would pick up a more scientific approach to songwriting by building his songs methodically through researching and experimenting with new sounds. It’s here at VCU that Harris would meet a long list of life-long collaborators such as John D’earth, Matthew E White, Calvin Brown, and Charles Owens. It is also during this time when he befriended the members of Butcher Brown, a band in which he holds the keyboard chair. Butcher Brown has gone on to share the stage with artists such as Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, and Robert Glasper. DJ Harrison’s contributions can be heard on works by Butcher Brown, Nicholas Payton, Pink Siifu, and Dionne Farris, while also capturing the attention of many notable artists like Questlove, Madlib, and Tyler the Creator. His current solo ventures are housed underneath the Stones Throw Records label of Los Angeles, CA, as well as Jellowstone Records of Richmond, VA.