Due to the ongoing situation in the region, we have unfortunately had to cancel the upcoming BHIC Tour of Japan.

Most importantly we are wishing well to all those affected.

We apologize to our fans in Japan for this inconvenience and we hope to reschedule soon.

BHIC

BHIC are hyped to play the BeachLife Festival on May 1 in Redondo Beach, CA. We'll be sharing the stage with Ziggy Marley & Stephen Marley's 75th Bob Marley Celebration, UB40, G. Love & Special Sauce and more.

Tickets on sale now!

I saw a man on his hands and knees crawling through Manhattan in a blue business suit. The world was walking by him as if crawling up Broadway was standard practice. I personally found it highly devotional. A man crawling home. Instinctively, I felt he was someone I needed to know. Turns out, he was also a songwriter, and not just any songwriter – this was Birdthrower.

Robert O. Leaver, aka Birdthrower, works as a groundskeeper at Riverside Park in New York, which runs along the Hudson River from 72nd Street up to the George Washington Bridge at 175th Street. The park is full of woods, gardens, playgrounds, a skateboard park and baseball fields. This fall Birdthrower was up every morning at 5:45 am, planting fast before frost, and as winter comes he'll be pruning, sharpening tools, shoveling snow and trying not to freeze. The wind blows hard off the river. Plenty of birds blowing around, and some lost souls too. During a cold snap, birds sometimes fall to earth; he warms them in his hands and throws them back skyward.

Birdthrower and I became friends and I signed on to produce his debut record. I immediately recognized in his music that these were not just songs, but love-aged, world-worn fables, scratched deep into the page with the painful pen of experience, maturity and dirt beneath the fingernails.

In the making of this album, Birdthrower recorded these songs live in one, two, three takes tops. As a musician I was inspired — as a producer, it was a dream gig.

I love Birdthrower's music. I want the world to have the chance to love it as much as I do.

Please have a listen.

Thanks,

Ben

I'm excited to premiere my pal Joe Henry's song "Gates of Prayer Cemetery #2" from his forthcoming album "The Gospel According to Water." The album drops this Friday, November 15. Listen now.

Catch the release show this Friday at Largo at the Coronet in West Hollywood!

Hey everyone, I'll be in KC tomorrow to take part in Thundergong! 2019. The show is a benefit for the Steps of Faith Foundation.

Tickets are still available.

BHIC are returning to Aotearoa/New Zealand next February! Tickets go on sale this Wednesday at 8am at www.neptuneentertainment.co.nz. Hope to see you at the show!

Feb 21 New Plymouth - TSB Bowl of Brooklands
Feb 22 Christchurch - Electric Avenue Festival
Feb 27 Auckland - Logan Campbell Centre
Feb 28 Napier - Church Road Winery
Feb 29 Tauranga - Mount Park

This is the first single from the album I produced for Christopher Paul Stelling.

Thank you CP for trusting me with your incredible songs.

Streaming links here.

BHIC
Leon Mobley
Oliver Charles
Juan Nelson

Summer U.S. Tour starts today with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Jessy Wilson

Thanks to everyone coming out! Get Tickets Here

8/11/19 - Park City, UT - Deer Valley Resort
8/12/19 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
8/14/19 - Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Casino
8/15/19 - Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah's Stir Cove
8/16/19 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
8/17/19 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
8/18/19 - Columbus, OH - WonderBus Music & Arts Festival
8/20/19 - Baltimore, MD - MECU Pavilion
8/21/19 - Lynchburg, VA - Riverfront Park
8/22/19 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
8/24/19 - Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater
8/25/19 - Bensalem, PA - Parx Casino
8/26/19 - New York, NY - Rooftop at Pier 17
8/27/19 - New York, NY - Rooftop at Pier 17
8/29/19 - Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
8/30/19 - Portland, ME - Thompson's Point
8/31/19 - Lenox, MA - Tanglewood Music Center
9/11/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
9/13/19 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theater
9/14/19 - Sonoma, CA - Harvest Music Fest

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BHIC is sad to report that rain and lightning has prevented the festival from goin' on at Jazz à Vienne. Special thanks to all the fans who came out and braved the elements. We are looking to reschedule ASAP.

Update! Mon concert à Vienne a été officiellement reprogrammé pour le 24 Juillet. Encore désolé pour l’annulation et merci. BHIC

Looking forward to coming back up to Sonoma County with the original ICs for the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival the weekend of Sep 14-15!

Tickets on sale now.

Attention San Diego! BHIC will be back at the beach the weekend of Nov 22-24 to play the Wonderfront Festival.

Early bird tickets are available now.

BHIC can't wait to hit the beach the weekend of May 18-19 to play the Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point, CA!

Tickets are on sale now.

Presale tickets for Ben's upcoming show at the Hollywood Bowl with Neneh Cherry on September 11 are available now until May 4 at 10am PDT at HollywoodBowl.com. Use the password HB2019.

Public on-sale starts Sunday, May 5 at 10am PDT.

In celebration of Earth Day we are proud to join Jack Johnson and BYOBottle, a music industry campaign to rock reusable water bottles. Learn more at www.byobottle.org. Join us and help turn the tide on plastic pollution!

Photo by Ryan Messick.

Alejandro Aranda was born and raised in Pomona. I was born in Pomona Valley Hospital blocks away from his house, and grew up one town over. I used to hear him play in my family music store. TONIGHT on American Idol we are performing a duet. Airs on ABC at 8|7c.

UPDATE: Watch the playback here.