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Harry Edgar Palacio (Oregon Kool-aid) is a critically acclaimed underground Indie/Alternative Rock musician, numerous award-winning author & prize-winning fine artist. Harry is Breakout Indie & Alternative Rock Musician to Watch in 2026 according to Insider Weekly. He hit #1 in Luxembourg music charts with his hit single "Coral Relief," performed with Grammy winners & Grammy nominated artists including Ari Up, lead singer of The Slits 'Godmothers of Punk' former member of The Raincoats, championed by Kurt Cobain. He was offered a music contract with Atlantic & Interscope Records, featured on over a 100 music magazines including Rolling Stone, MTV, XXL, ABC, CBS, FOX News, NBC, African Hype, HipHop 1987 & elsewhere. Harry performed at Paramount Theater, NYC, Dominican Republic, September Fest, Peace Fest & many other venues. Harry is 'Oregon Kool-aid,' & 'Harry Edgar Palacio,' his 19 studio albums are available on all streaming platforms. Harry was a finalist for Fjords Review Book Competition, semi-finalist for Quartz Literary Prize, Willow Run Book Award, Finishing Line Press chapbook & book competition. His 18 books are available internationally. Harry's prose-poetry has been published in over 75 magazines, journals, reviews & anthologies including Ballast, Punt Volat, Active Muse, Bar-Bar, Tule Review, Washington Square Review & elsewhere. His fine art was featured in over 14 magazines including Coca Project, Blotter Rag, Bellevue Review, The Morgue, Bitchin' Kitsch, Suburban Witchcraft, Mania Magazine & International Voices who has shown fine art at galleries & festivals internationally in Italy, School of Visual Arts, Open Studios Peekskill, Paul Robeson Gallery, H-Art & Mount Kisco Arts Council. He was a music journalist for Popfadblog & has read 5,560 books in his lifetime making him top #26 reader in the USA & top #49 reader globally. Harry was a college radio DJ & Rock Music Director at WARY 88.1. He is an International Yoga Instructor 200 Hours certified by Universe Yoga Alliance in Nepal/ India, Certified Astrologer, Sex Education Certified, Catholic Priest, Satanist, Rabbi, Oracle, Pandit, Certified Life Coach, Ayurveda Guru, Imam, Bhikkhu, Shaman, Tantrik, Clairaudient, Certified Psychic, Reiki Grandmaster, Feng Shui Certified, Witchcraft Certified, Herbologist, Palmist, Occultist. Harry is second generation Osho Lineage Meditation Master and has meditated 172,000 minutes in his lifetime. Harry is a U.S citizen living in Mount Kisco, New York & San Carlo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, former residence Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Villa Juana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Greenpoint, Brooklyn & Nagarkot, Nepal. He received a Master’s in Education from Manhattanville University where he worked as assistant director of the social justice branch. Harry was accepted into Harvard University, offered three honorary PhDs & has certificates from The New School & Rolling Stone Magazine, Parsons School of Design & Complex Magazine, Wesleyan University & Stanford University etc. He is a BIPOC, Dominican & Colombian, living with schizoaffective disorder

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Harry Edgar Palacio (Oregon Kool-aid) is a critically acclaimed underground Indie/Alternative Rock musician, numerous award-winning author &amp; prize-winning fine artist. Harry is Breakout Indie &amp; Alternative Rock Musician to Watch in 2026 according to Insider Weekly. He hit #1 in Luxembourg music charts with his hit single "Coral Relief," performed with Grammy winners &amp; Grammy nominated artists including Ari Up, lead singer of The Slits 'Godmothers of Punk' former member of The Raincoats, championed by Kurt Cobain. He was offered a music contract with Atlantic &amp; Interscope Records, featured on over a 100 music magazines including Rolling Stone, MTV, XXL, ABC, CBS, FOX News, NBC, African Hype, HipHop 1987 &amp; elsewhere. Harry performed at Paramount Theater, NYC, Dominican Republic, September Fest, Peace Fest &amp; many other venues. Harry is 'Oregon Kool-aid,' &amp; 'Harry Edgar Palacio,' his 19 studio albums are available on all streaming platforms. Harry was a finalist for Fjords Review Book Competition, semi-finalist for Quartz Literary Prize, Willow Run Book Award, Finishing Line Press chapbook &amp; book competition. His 18 books are available internationally. Harry's prose-poetry has been published in over 75 magazines, journals, reviews &amp; anthologies including Ballast, Punt Volat, Active Muse, Bar-Bar, Tule Review, Washington Square Review &amp; elsewhere. His fine art was featured in over 14 magazines including Coca Project, Blotter Rag, Bellevue Review, The Morgue, Bitchin' Kitsch, Suburban Witchcraft, Mania Magazine &amp; International Voices who has shown fine art at galleries &amp; festivals internationally in Italy, School of Visual Arts, Open Studios Peekskill, Paul Robeson Gallery, H-Art &amp; Mount Kisco Arts Council. He was a music journalist for Popfadblog &amp; has read 5,560 books in his lifetime making him top #26 reader in the USA &amp; top #49 reader globally. Harry was a college radio DJ &amp; Rock Music Director at WARY 88.1. He is an International Yoga Instructor 200 Hours certified by Universe Yoga Alliance in Nepal/ India, Certified Astrologer, Sex Education Certified, Catholic Priest, Satanist, Rabbi, Oracle, Pandit, Certified Life Coach, Ayurveda Guru, Imam, Bhikkhu, Shaman, Tantrik, Clairaudient, Certified Psychic, Reiki Grandmaster, Feng Shui Certified, Witchcraft Certified, Herbologist, Palmist, Occultist. Harry is second generation Osho Lineage Meditation Master and has meditated 172,000 minutes in his lifetime. Harry is a U.S citizen living in Mount Kisco, New York &amp; San Carlo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, former residence Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Villa Juana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Greenpoint, Brooklyn &amp; Nagarkot, Nepal. He received a Master’s in Education from Manhattanville University where he worked as assistant director of the social justice branch. Harry was accepted into Harvard University, offered three honorary PhDs &amp; has certificates from The New School &amp; Rolling Stone Magazine, Parsons School of Design &amp; Complex Magazine, Wesleyan University &amp; Stanford University etc. He is a BIPOC, Dominican &amp; Colombian, living with schizoaffective disorder

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