Young Blues Virtuoso Harrell Davenport on the 2025 KC Jazz & Blues Fest

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series. On this episode, we talk with Blues Harmonica & Guitar Virtuoso Harrell Davenport on the 2025 Kansas City Jazz & Blues Festival.Known as “Young Rell,” this 18-year-old phenom from Vicksburg, Mississippi played his first gig in Chicago—earning over 165,000 views and 4,000 shares of his performance on Facebook. He picked up the harmonica and guitar at age seven, and today he’s got a style all his own.Harrell is bringing his electrifying sound to Kansas City’s Jazz & Blues Festival revival on October 3–4, 2025 at Legends Field, home of the KC Monarchs. We talk about this upcoming gig, the deep history of KC’s blues and jazz, and his rapidly rising career.🎟️ Get tickets and info: 2025 KC Jazz & Blues FestFor More Famous Interviews:Subscribe via Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgi6GpDDDrc_PgOzaERGbLQ Subscribe via iTunes/Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/famous-interviews-with-joe-dimino/id1660256991Subscribe via Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7j92QDS13LXgajPt80X2dhThe Home of Famous Interviews:http://famousinterviewswithjoedimino.blogspot.com/Contribute to Famous Interviews via PayPal:                  https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ER  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.