Latest Release
- NOV 15, 2024
- 1 Song
- If Ever - Single · 2021
- Fight for Your Mind · 1995
- Welcome to the Cruel World · 1994
- Diamonds on the Inside · 2003
- Wide Open Light · 2023
- Welcome to the Cruel World · 1994
- Mind Control (Bonus Track Version) · 2007
- Diamonds on the Inside · 2003
- Jack Johnson and Friends: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George · 2005
- Welcome to the Cruel World · 1994
Artist Playlists
- Genre-blurring tracks from the politically minded singer/songwriter.
- The solo star inspires with a formidable cast of collaborators.
Live Albums
Compilations
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More To Hear
- 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 galvanizing the oppressed over a funk-fueled groove. Born in 1969, in Pomona, CA, 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.”
- HOMETOWN
- Pomona, CA, United States
- BORN
- October 28, 1969
- GENRE
- Rock