Ben Harper
Date of birth
28th October, 1969
Occupation
Musician
Sex
Male
Height
1.90
A Week In Music - Classic Blues From Ben Harper And Charlie Musselwhite, Raunchy Videos From The Weeknd, Jay Z And Justin Timberlake, Get Up Close And Personal With Rihanna In 'Stay'
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 18 February 2013
Albums Of Note... Get Up! pairs modern blues idol and expert slide guitarist Ben Harper with harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite. Aiming for blues authenticity, that’s exactly what Ben and Charlie achieve here. The pair of talented blues musicians fly in the face of modernity and instead strive to recreate the dusky glamour of a Chicago blues club.
“In general, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite have delivered a strong, yet candid and fun blues album. This album really does not care that it is 2013, and why should it? Each of the ten songs contains something of merit. Both musicians involved are fairly prolific but this collection will doubtlessly shoot to the high end of the fans favourites in no time at all.”
Ben Harper With Charlie Musselwhite - Get Up! Album Review
By Ben Walton in Music Reviews on 11 February 2013
Modern Rock's most soulful voice meets blues hero to go back to basics with a charming blues collaboration.
The pairing of Harper and Musselwhite should not really come as much of a surprise. Over twenty odd years hovering just outside the mainstream, Harper has never been afraid of the more basic, traditional sound of the blues and his slide guitar playing is certainly up there with the best. Musselwhite on the other hand, is something of a blues harmonica legend, having been making music since the 60s. There is probably nobody of a higher pedigree than Charlie Musselwhite to accompany Ben Harper on this outing.
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Ben Harper Thursday 3rd November 2011 musician out and about in Beverly Hills Los Angeles, California
Ben Harper & Relentless 7, White Lies for Dark Times Album Review
By Rory Taylor in Music Reviews on 26 May 2009
Review of Ben Harper & Relentless 7 album White Lies for Dark Times.
Ben Harper and daughter Harris Harper - Ben Harper and daughter Harris Harper Los Angeles, California - leaving a medical centre in Beverly Hills Friday 22nd May 2009
All We Are Saying Review
Weak
Here's an intriguing and potentially electrifying documentary concept: Rosanna Arquette gets the lowdown on life in the music biz by chatting with A-list rock stars, including Sting, Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani, Tom Petty, Yoko Ono, Stevie Nicks, Thom Yorke, Elton John, Mr. and Mrs. Sonic Youth, and a dozen others from the '60s through the '90s. This is gonna be great, right?Sadly, producer, director, and "experiencer" Arquette did exactly one thing well: the title. All We Are Saying is appropriately a dull, bloated gab marathon. And since she didn't clear the featured artists' music for the movie, it's all talk, no song, not even a few bars from a stage performance. Imagine The Aristocrats without the joke, stretched out over 105 minutes.
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