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Known nationwide for his hit songwriting, platinum records and electrifying performances with Juno-winning icons Prism, Al Harlow is Canada’s face of perennial youth, energy, soaring vocals and
wildman guitar style.
In addition to composing hits like “Flying”, Take Me
Away”, “Young & Restless” and “Good To Be Back”, Al has a brand-new album, Al Harlow, Now!
Comprising ten riveting songs which tell his story and reveal his relentless spirit, Al Harlow Now! displays the magnetic persona, the rock storyteller.
From the explosive “Let It Go” to the world-weary, eternal optimism of “Way of the World”, Al takes you on his enigmatic journey. And yes, it rocks.
Harlow’s stunning vocal range and soulful guitar is surrounded by powerhouse talent including Sean Kelly (Lee Aaron, Nelly Furtado), Mike Fraser of AC/DC fame, Shaun Verreault (Wide Mouth Mason), and John Webster (Richie Sambora), with a Harlow-Bryan Adams co-write among the elite song-smithing.
Born in Vancouver BC, Harlow began fronting Brit
Invasion style bands, writing blues-pop songs to record locally in the late ‘60s.
A move to England in the early ‘70s immersed Al in the London music scene, cutting his songs at De Lane Lea studios. Recording as “Harlow” in ’77, producer Bruce Fairbairn heard the results, and teamed Al with his ex-Seeds of Time bandmates to complete the band Prism.
Signed to Capitol Records, Al and the young Bruce Fairbairn worked together in the studio as Fairbairn launched his celebrated production career.
Prism headlined sellout arena concerts in the US and Canada through eight albums, with Juno Awards for Album & Group of the Year along the way.
Al’s guest lecture at Capilano University in the ‘80s resulted in his teaching classes in songwriting, record production, music history & business for three decades, while mentoring recovery groups, playing guitar in church, and keeping his classic cars polished, all amidst Prism’s tour schedule.
Al served as adjudicator for the Junos and West Coast Music Awards while writing and recording with Jim Vallance, as the two assembled a Prism Greatest Hits album. This spawned a second career for the band, continuing to the present.
Al is currently launching the new Al Harlow, Now! album, an autobiography, and booking this year’s national concert tours.
What people are saying:
“Al Harlow is funny, engaging, endearing, energetic and supremely talented on guitar and lead vocals. He danced and pranced around the stage as if he were your little brother pretending to rock out in front of a mirror to his favorite tune.”
“Fronting Prism, Harlow is free to do his Chuck Berry duck walk across the stage, jump into the audience and play guitar on his back while still singing the same high-level vocals that were synonymous with Tabak.” (Music Express, March 5, 2019)
About “Al Harlow, Now!”:
“Anyone with a taste for guitar-driven pop rock is going to take to this album. The first track and the record’s first single, “Let It Go,” is a rocket-ride of a tune that should draw attention to this classy and diverse collection. The final track, “Way of the World,” was written by Harlow along with a couple of other composer names that might be familiar: Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams.”
(Coast Reporter, Jan 10, 2022)
“Anyone who knows and has followed Al Harlow for forty
years might be thinking
‘Al Harlow At Last’... Through it all, Al has retained his
style, influences and attitude ...
It is the portrait of a rocker who has survived and has
earned some freedom.”
(Tom Harrison | Nov 8, 2020)