Wilson Harwood launched his solo career in 2015. Not afraid to bend genres, Wilson has been drawing on a diverse array of influences including bluegrass and old-time banjo, blues, soul, funk, Afro-pop and Americana.
Wilson’s accomplishments as a solo artist include his single “Saturated in Sunshine,” to be released in October 2015, and an EP “Roll Away The Day” to be released in 2016.
Wilson Harwood’s first formal exposure to music was with violin lessons at age 5, but his career as a musician really began when he picked up a guitar at age 10. By age 13 he was performing with a ska band in his hometown of Bethesda, Maryland. He has continued to build his musical arsenal, mastering the ukulele and banjo as well as voice. Wilson moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2006 to study music at the University of Colorado. While at CU, Wilson studied Afro-Pop, and also traveled to Cuba where he studied Tres (a traditional three-stringed Cuban guitar). In 2010, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis on World Music.
Along with receiving his degree, Wilson became a founding member of Rocktin, an Americana/rock band that played and toured nationally for five years and was the Rocky Mountain Battle of the Bands Rock winner in 2014. Rocktin produced an EP, single and LP, and also scored music for the documentary film “Life, Liberty and Resilience” by Stephen Tubbs, which won Best Documentary Short at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival in 2014.