A funny but celebratory song about the safety of seat belts! Written by Reggie and played by by the show Car Talk. Originally on Rock of Ages by Kim and Reggie Harris. www.kimandreggie.com

Rock Of Ages

Passive Restraint

This song was inspired years ago by the rising level of gun violence in the U.S which claims a senseless amount of lives each year. It was written base on two different stories in the news. We now have many thousands of others to choose from, all with no accountable response from Congress or state leaders. As usual, money from the gun lobby trumps saving lives or restoring sanity to our gun happy citizenry.

Crack In The Wall

Kim and Reggie are a classic acoustic duo inspired by the music of Sweet Honey in the Rock, James Taylor, Peter, Paul and Mary, Joe and Eddie, Harry Belafonte and Pete Seeger. This song is a tribute to Pete and his commitment to peace, justice, freedom and to getting the world to sing.

High Over The Hudson

Kim and Reggie celebrate the legacy and message of Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. This is a rap and uptempo song tribute to his dream of a world where peace, freedom and a living wage are a reality for all. To a world where peace and justice is the default! We shall overcome!

One Family / One Planet...We Shall Overcome

This is a ballad from the CD 'Resurrection Day" on Appleseed Recordings. Reggie wrote this song as a tribute to his mom, Helen, who died in 2003. It's offered, in love, to all who have lost their mothers...an experience unlike any other. 

11 When Mom Left Us Here

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a pivotal movement in the history of civil rights in America, we offer this soulful version of one of the classic songs of civil rights. In the tradition of the Black church and singers like Richie Havens, Harry Belafonte, The SNCC Freedom Singers and the Staple Singers, we lay it out with guitar, percussion and layered vocal harmonies. It's a twist on the theme of freedom and justice found in the spirituals.

Keep Your Eyes On The Prize

Phil Ochs wrote this profound and powerful song after the riots in Watts in 1965. We were introduced to the song by Phil's sister, Sonny, in 1992 and revisited the song by writing several new verses and fashioning a chorus to address the riots in LA following the acquittal of the police officers who savagely beat Rodney King. In the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown and the events now erupting in Ferguson, MO, the song seems too unfortunately appropriate once again. As Pete Seeger wrote, "When will they ever learn?"

02 In The Heat Of The Summer

This is one of the signature songs of the Modern Civil Rights Movement. With an assist from some fine jazz sidemen, Kim's approach here is a soulfully plaintive new statement on this classic theme. In the tradition of spirituals, the song expresses the longing for freedom and justice from the time of slavery and the Underground Railroad to the present day. It also features Kim at the height of her interpretive best.

14 Freedom Is A Constant Struggle

Kim and Reggie Harris are two of the most upbeat and positive performers on the folk music scene. And yet, for 13 harrowing years, as they toured the country, they were simultaneously battling Reggie’s ever-worsening, life-threatening autoimmune disease, which required a new liver. Just as he was running out of time in 2008, when he was blessed to receive a liver by transplant.
Resurrection Day thoughtfully answers the question, “What happens next?” It reflects on what comes when you are given a 2nd chance... a "new race to run!" The song not only signals Reggie's return to health, but also the duo’s regenerated commitment to singing songs of optimism, activism, and social justice. Written in the aftermath of his transplant and ongoing recovery, Reggie says that his songs have “deepened in texture and have become more spirited, more direct and more personal.”


03 Resurrection Day 2

A hopeful song of peace and joy. Written with the same thoughts expressed by James Taylor in Shower the People. It acknowledges that we all can make a difference by listening ans reacting with more joy and compassion. Be the light...keep hope alive. Let it Rain!!

02 Let It Rain

One of the earlier songs that Reggie wrote on the subject of racial harmony, Windows of the Heart is a harmonically intoxicating track that describes the work that Kim and Reggie do to open dialogs of hope. Reggie says "It's one of the songs I was put on Earth to write." It beautifully describes the struggle that accompanies any real attempts to overcome the issues that separate people. It could be a song about a personal love relationship as well. 

03 Windows Of The Heart

“Ani Ma’amin, is a thousand-year-old Jewish declaration of faith and belief in the coming of peace and justice that leads into a gospel/jazz flavored rendition of “We Shall Overcome. 
It is chanted here by, then, 11 yr old Timna Kligler, the daughter of Rabbi Jonathan Kligler who, collaborated with Kim and Reggie Harris on this shared CD. The CD, Let My People Go" 
It is a collection of songs and stories and freedom themes from African and Jewish American legacy. This version also features a hopeful rap by Kim and Reggie’s teenaged nephew, LeVonn Brown and the sizzling jazz interpretations of pianist Eric Byrd and bassist Tony Levin.


17 Ani Ma'amin (i Believe) We Shall Overcome

A song written about the constant need to resist the urge to solve conflict with violence. All My Relations was inspire by the Lakota Sioux phrase Mitakuye Oyasin which references that responsibility human have to be accountable for all living and cosmic entities. We are also connected to  multiple generations in our actions and conduct.

All My Relations

This song was inspired by the Gaelic proverb "In the shelter of each other the people live." It is a very singable shout out to the great need for wide angle thinking and the building of community in our very individualistic world. Written with a call and response chorus, Kim and Reggie have sung it with audiences and choirs all around the world. Joining us here vocally are friends Terry Leonino, Greg Artzner and David Roth.


12 In The Shelter

A rap that gives some names and achievements of some of the many heroes and sheroes of American history. Written by Reggie and Kim Harris in 1982.

Black History Rap

The Black History Rap Up

“Kim & Reggie Harris inspire a sense of joy and exhilaration that lifts the soul ... makes you want to sing and celebrate your neighbor! Music that makes you come alive!”
Consummate musicians and storytellers, Kim & Reggie Harris are a mini festival of diversity. Combining traditional African-American spirituals and freedom songs with original folk acoustic folk, they sing of life, love, freedom and justice as well as environmental and community issues. Their latest CD, “Resurrection Day,” binds these themes into a profoundly moving personal odyssey of inspiration and hope, adding Reggie’s experience as an organ donor recipient to the social justice and life transformation palette.

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