Ben Harper, the bluesy-folk musician and Weissenborn slide guitar master, is going back to his roots in 2011 with his first solo album since 2003′s Diamonds on the Inside. On May 17th Harper will release Give Till It’s Gone, recorded at Jackson Browne’s California Studio. The album features an appearance by Browne, as well as Ringo …
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Mar
04
2011
Jan
07
2011
Waka, Waka, Waka: Wakarusa Unveils Lineup
Wakarusa #8 returns to Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas on June 2. Today they announced the initial lineup, featuring big names and suspected headliners like like My Morning Jacket, Ben Harper & Relentless 7, Thievery Corporation and Umphrey’s McGee, as well as Ekoostik Hookah from Columbus and the Werks from Dayton. Other notable artists include Bassnectar, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mumford …
Dec
09
2010
20 Predictions for Bonnaroo 2011
Inspired by one of the best in music festival coverage – Consequence of Sound (though specifically their recent Coachella predictions), I thought why not put together something similar regarding my one true love – the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Every year for about the past half decade, I’ve made extensive lists containing hundreds of bands I thought might be possible to …
Nov
03
2009
Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Ben Harper and Relentless7
Ben Harper and Relentless7 White Lies for Dark Times Released May 5th on Virgin Records The Many Sounds and Styles of Ben Harper From picking up the slide guitar in his grandparents’ music shop as a teen, to his collaboration with the Blind Boys of Alabama, it appears that Ben Harper has been everywhere and in …
Jun
22
2009
Ben Harper Does Bonnaroo…Again
Ben Harper was back again at Bonnaroo this year. This time he was with his new band, Relentless 7. It was the fourth year he’d been on the bill, however, this year marked the fifth set that he would have played at the festival. At the very first festival in 2002, Ben played a solo …