Latest Release
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- 2 JUN 2023
- 11 Songs
- Both Sides of the Gun · 2006
- Get Up! (Deluxe Version) · 2005
- Bloodline Maintenance · 2022
- Winter Is for Lovers · 2020
- Childhood Home · 2014
- Bloodline Maintenance · 2022
- Bloodline Maintenance · 2022
- The Best of Friends · 1998
- Bloodline Maintenance · 2022
- Bloodline Maintenance · 2022
Artist Playlists
- The Californian with the breezy strum has expanded his palette over time.
- The solo star inspires with a formidable cast of collaborators.
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- Conversation around Ben Harper's latest album 'Wide Open Light.'
- GloRilla and Ben Harper join Zane Lowe live on the show.
- Estelle sits down with singer-songwriter Ben Harper.
- Jack Johnson and Ben Harper discuss the album’s 20th Anniversary.
- Kelly and Ben Harper trace his trip from folkie to producer.
- The artists share stories around the album's 20th Anniversary.
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About Ben Harper
Ben Harper packs every song with a fiery passion, whether singing about stealing kisses to a beatbox rhythm or galvanising the oppressed over a funk-fueled groove. Born in 1969, in Pomona, California, the singer-songwriter picked up a guitar early and soaked up a wide range of folk, blues, soul, hip-hop and reggae, all of which would inform his 1994 debut album, Welcome to the Cruel World. Those roots—and his slick slide-guitar moves—have held firm throughout a prolific career that’s seen him powering through impassioned protest anthems, intimate acoustic meditations, groovy gospel exaltations with The Blind Boys of Alabama, soul-drenched blues ballads with Charlie Musselwhite, and stripped-down Americana odes with his mother, Ellen Harper. Through the decades, he’s used his voice to turn pain—within himself and the world—into soul-stirring music with unwavering conviction. “[I] was a very energetic, youthful optimist,” Harper told Apple Music about his early days. “I used to sing it, and now I really believe it. I’ve lived into the songs.”
- GENRE
- Rock