"No Mercy In This Land" Nominated for Song of the Year
Friday, January 11, 2019 at 10:45am PST
Thank you to The Blues Foundation for nominating 'No Mercy In This Land' in song of the year category!
Thank you to The Blues Foundation for nominating 'No Mercy In This Land' in song of the year category!
Andrew Santino is a pal of mine and as hilarious a cat as you'll ever meet.
Had a great time rapping with him as well as playing a song on his podcast. Check it out on YouTube and iTunes.
He will be at Temblor Brewing Co. Bakersfield Ca. Jan 19th 7pm.
2018 in pictures. Thanks to everyone who helped get this record up the hill.
Bring on the last year of the decade!
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No Mercy In This Land has been Grammy nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album!
Thanks to everyone everywhere who listened to this record and came out to the show. Special shout out to FRIC.
Listen at nomercyinthisland.com.
Thank you Charlie Musslewhite, Anti Records, Jason Mozersky, Jimmy Paxson, Jesse Ingalls
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs
Photo: Dan Monick
NorCal! BHIC will be playing the California Roots Music and Arts Festival on May 24, 2019.
Early advance tickets go on sale Friday, December 7 at 10am PST at https://calirootsx.eventbrite.com/?aff=benharper.
Chad Pregracke, with Living Lands Land & Waters has just removed his 10 MILLIONTH pound of garbage from our waters!
Join us on Facebook tomorrow at 10:45am PST / 7:45pm CET as we livestream our recent Baloise Session live from Switzerland. Thirty minutes prior, chat live with Ben in a Facebook Q&A.
Some of our most frequently asked questions are: what kinds of guitars does Ben play, what tuning does he use and how does he get that signature sound? Thanks to Premier Guitar, their Rig Rundown with Ben and guitarist Jason Mozersky answers these questions in a new hour-long podcast!
We're excited to share this exclusive podcast with Ben and longtime pal and musical collaborator Tom Freund. Tom's new album "East of Lincoln" comes out Sep 7.
To listen to the singles "East of Lincoln" and "Freezer Burn" visit tomfreund.com. Pre-order the album on iTunes.
Photo credit: Eric Hendrikx
We're excited to share this exclusive podcast with Ben and longtime pal and musical collaborator Tom Freund. Tom's new album "East of Lincoln" comes out Sep 7.
To listen to the singles "East of Lincoln" and "Freezer Burn" visit tomfreund.com. Pre-order the album on iTunes.
Photo credit: Eric Hendrikx
Narrated by Mavis Staples. Animated by Piotr Kabat. Script by John Albert.
Excited to share this with everyone. The Berrics is premiering the animated short, "The Story of Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite."
Narrated by the one and only: Mavis Staples
Animation: Piotr Kabat
Script: John Albert
I'm excited to announce my mom's solo follow-up record to "Childhood Home."
Ellen Harper - "Light has a Life of its Own" out now on Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon.com, Google Play and more.
Recently while in Paris, Ben stopped by La Maison de Radio France to film an acoustic rooftop session for Rolling Stone France & FIP. The complete set is now viewable at Rolling Stone France. The setlist includes "When She Believes", "Waiting On An Angel", "All My Heart Can Take" and "Lifeline."
Winter gear summer skate session was kinda rough, but still a blast.
Special thanks to Junya Watanabe and Comme des Garçons for the gear, Nico Bustos for the photos, Vogue Hommes for being Vogue, and the following crew for such a fun day.
Styling: Sonia Bedere
Hair: Tony Wullschleger - W Studio
First lighting assistant: Alex Orjecovschi
Second assistant: Federica Falcone
Third assistant: Lorenzo Profilio
Producer: Mathilde Wacogne - Artlist
Friendship: Nicolas Aksil, Jessica Margolis, Anti Records
Just released exclusively at the Ben Harper Shop and on tour! A limited edition translucent red 180-gram repressing of the GRAMMY-winning album "Get Up!".
Attention indie record stores! Interested in carrying this title in your shop? Email us at info@benharper.com
p.s. Choose USPS Media Mail for cheapest domestic shipping!
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite have added ten shows to their "No Mercy In This Land" tour this fall. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 1, with some local presales starting Wednesday, May 30. Note, Tucson is expected to go on sale Monday, June 4 at 10am MST.
8/31 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
9/1 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
9/3 Dallas, TX House of Blues
9/4 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
9/5 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
9/7 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
9/8 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
9/10 Knoxville, TN The Mill & Mine
9/11 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
9/12 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
The entire tour itinerary is available here.