Mike Stevens (bluegrass harmonica)

Mike Stevens is a Canadian harmonica player from Bright's Grove, Ontario. He is best known as a bluegrass musician. During his career he has had hundreds of performances at the Grand Ole Opry.^[1] He is also known for his work connecting creative artists with indigenous youth in isolated communities as part of the ArtsCan Circle.^[2][3]

Stevens' harmonica style was described by one reviewer as "multivoiced and blindingly fast".^[4]

Stevens entertained at the Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards festival in Huntsville, Ontario in 1998.^[5]

Stevens often performs with American fiddle and banjo player Raymond McLain. The duo entertained at the Palmer Rapids Twin Festival in July, 2003.^[6] They headlined a concert to raise money for the ArtsCan Circle in Toronto in 2004.^[7] They performed together at the Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society concert in February, 2008.^[8]

• Harmonica (1990) - Canadian Bluegrass Recording of the Year
• Life's Railway to Heaven (1994)
• Colin's Cross (1995)
• Normally Anomaly (1997)
• The World is Only Air... and a Very Dangerous Hat (2001)
• Blowin' Up a Storm (2002)
• Old Time Mojo (2005) with Raymond McClain
• Black Mustard (2005)
• Piggyback (2009) with Matt Andersen
• Push Record (2011) with Matt Andersen

• Mike Stevens
• ArtsCan Circle
• Facebook fan group

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