Durham County Poets are a Canadian blues band from Ormstown, Quebec.R. Comfort, "Durham County Poets and Lynne Hanson featured this weekend at Stone Crop Acres". Morrisburg Leader, July 29, 2021. 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."Junos 2020: the complete list of winners". CBC Music, June 29, 2020.
The band consists of singer Kevin Harvey, guitarists David Whyte and Neil Elsmore, double bassist Carl Rufh and drummer Rob Couture."Ottawa Bluesfest Day 6: Cool Temperatures, Hot Acts and a Visit from PM Carney" Roots Music Canada, by Sydney Eliot-Wilson, July 18, 2025
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.Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
Discography 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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