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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. 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 members 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, ABC, CBS, NBC, African Hype, Folk N' Rock, HipHop 1987, Vents & elsewhere. Harry performed at Paramount Theater, New York City, Dominican Republic, September 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 12 books Ambrosia, Sutras of Tiny Jazz, The Foyer, Maya Or Madness, Narcissus, Dream-walking Savage, Lazarus At His Desk, Shani's Ghost, The Devil's Apprentice, The Leper God, The Devil In The Mirror At The End Of The Labyrinth & The Apostle Ophiuschus 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 on the cover of Coca Project, Blotter Rag Magazine & Bellevue Review with artwork published in over 12 magazines including The Morgue, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Suburban Witchcraft, The Courtship of Winds & International Voices who has shown fine art at galleries & festivals internationally in Italy, SVA, School of Visual Arts, New York City, Open Studios Peekskill, Paul Robeson Gallery, H-Art & Mount Kisco Arts Council. He was a music journalist for Popfadblog & has read 5,385 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, Astrologer, Oracle. Harry is second generation Osho Lineage Meditation Instructor and has meditated 160,000 minutes in his lifetime. Harry is a U.S citizen living in Mount Kisco, New York & Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, former residence Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 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. 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 members 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, ABC, CBS, NBC, African Hype, Folk N' Rock, HipHop 1987, Vents &amp; elsewhere. Harry performed at Paramount Theater, New York City, Dominican Republic, September 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 12 books Ambrosia, Sutras of Tiny Jazz, The Foyer, Maya Or Madness, Narcissus, Dream-walking Savage, Lazarus At His Desk, Shani's Ghost, The Devil's Apprentice, The Leper God, The Devil In The Mirror At The End Of The Labyrinth &amp; The Apostle Ophiuschus 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 on the cover of Coca Project, Blotter Rag Magazine &amp; Bellevue Review with artwork published in over 12 magazines including The Morgue, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Suburban Witchcraft, The Courtship of Winds &amp; International Voices who has shown fine art at galleries &amp; festivals internationally in Italy, SVA, School of Visual Arts, New York City, Open Studios Peekskill, Paul Robeson Gallery, H-Art &amp; Mount Kisco Arts Council. He was a music journalist for Popfadblog &amp; has read 5,385 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, Astrologer, Oracle. Harry is second generation Osho Lineage Meditation Instructor and has meditated 160,000 minutes in his lifetime. Harry is a U.S citizen living in Mount Kisco, New York &amp; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, former residence Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 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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