Ben Harper has been performing for more than three decades, but as he sat with his lap steel guitar in front of an audience of roughly 500 people at the Sundance Film Festival, he seemed a bit nervous ...

Harper signed Birdthrower to his Mad Bunny Records label and produced his debut album. Ben said of the new “If I Needed You” cover, “On this track Birdthrower is the cello and I am the violin. He and ...

Summer is closer than you think. One sure sign, even more dependable than daffodils, is summer festival announcements. So here’s another one, to get your dreaming about hot days and the smell of ...

Every music fan can point to a specific moment when they discovered a new artist that changed their life forever. For Amy Berg, it was when she discovered Jeff Buckley. A transformative experience ...

Ben Harper's soulful voice is unmistakable. His unique folk and blues style has won him worldwide acclaim, as well as two Grammys. Since releasing his first album in 1994, Harper has incorporated his ...

“The arts are a wonderful way to keep people’s legacies alive,” Ben Harper tells me. He’s been doing a bit of that lately: he appears in the upcoming Jeff Buckley documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff ...

Acclaimed California & UK-based musician and GRAMMY-winning songwriter Mitch Rowland released his fantastic debut album Come June via Erskine Records/Giant Music at the end of 2023 to critical acclaim ...

After steady gigging around LA, Ben Harper scored a record deal and released his debut album, 'Welcome To The Cruel World.' It was a stripped-down but powerful introduction, and the reason Ben made ...

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