Brendan Power


While studying for an arts degree at Canterbury University in the mid-1970s, New Zealand-raised Brendan Power went to a concert that changed his life. At a 1976 Christchurch show by veteran American blues duo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (regular visitors to NZ back then), Power was so blown away that he began blowing away on a new instrument, the harmonica.

It was the first step on a fascinating musical journey that has seen Power score international acclaim, not just for his playing but for his creative innovations on the instrument itself.

3D printed harmonica combs created by Brendan Power
Brendan Power with Marko Balland & Mathieu Pesqué - Harmonica Man (Paris, 2014)
Brendan Power With Billy Ebeling, Kansas, 2010
Brendan Power performing on Dixie Chicken with Working Holiday (1987)
Brendan Power & Anne-Marie O'Farrel - Give Me Your Hand (2015)
Brendan Power & Jane Rothfield - Cumberland Gap (2016)
A 3D printed harmonica combs created by Brendan Power
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Brendan Power with Luke O'Neill and Greg Sheehan, Brisbane, 2003
Brendan Power in Guwahati, India
Brendan Power, 2014
Brendan Power - Nuages (2009, WOMAD NZ)
3D printed harmonica combs created by Brendan Power
Brendan Power with Stevie Wonder
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Brendan Power in Guwahati, India
Brendan Power & Jane Rothfield - Midnight On The Water (2016)
Brendan Power & Anne-Marie O'Farrel - The Humours of Tuaimgréine (2015)
Brendan as soloist with the Paul Mauriat Orchestra, Japan
Brendan Power with Stevie Wonder
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Brendan Power with Andrew White in 2009
Tim Edey and Brendan Power - Exhalaration (2015)
Brendan Power and Gary Verberne, New Zealand, 1990
Brendan Power & Jane Rothfield - A Misty Wednesday Morning (2016)
Brendan Power - Didgeriblues (2009, WOMAD NZ)
Brendan Power and Tim Edey - three Kerry polkas (2015)
Brendan Power - The Onion Blues (2009, WOMAD NZ)
Brendan Power in the 1990s
Brendan with the Suzuki team during his time working for the company
Brendan Power with Wayne Gillespie, Ireland, 2009
Brendan Power with Gary Verberne, 1990
Brendan Power contemplating the Hohner CX-12 harmonica 
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Brendan Power performing with Chris Priestley at the Whare Flat Folk Festival, 1985
Tim Edey and Brendan Power - live showreel
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