Tag: Ben Harper

High Sierra 2016 Returns with Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Thievery Corporation & More

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High Sierra Music Festival 2016High Sierra 2016 Lineup: Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dr. Dog, Greensky Bluegrass, Femi Kuti, JJ Grey and Mofro, Leftover Salmon, Lettuce, ALO, North Mississippi Allstars, Xavier Rudd, The Floozies, The Motet, The New Mastersounds, Elephant Revival, Tauk, Twiddle, The Main Squeeze and More.

Websites & Links: HighSierraMusic.com | Facebook | Twitter

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Forecastle 2016 Releases Dates and Initial Lineup: The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes & More

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Forecastle 2016
Forecastle 2016 returns to Louisville July 15th-17th. The initial lineup was just released and will welcome The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes, Ryan Adams, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Grouplove, Gary Clark Jr., Big Gigantic, Dr. Dog and more still to be announced. Tickets are on sale now.

Websites & Links: ForecastleFest.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace

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Best Albums of 2013

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In no particular order.

Best Albums of 2013

Featuring new albums from Disclosure, Anders Osborne, The Avett Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Amos Lee, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, MGMT, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Pepper, Buddy Guy, Zoogma, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Greyboy Allstars, Nine Inch Nails, Kurt Vile, Daft Punk, Lotus, Conspirator, Jimi Hendrix, Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, Michael Franti and Spearhead, and Eric Clapton.
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Video ~ High Sierra Announces 2012 Initial Lineup: Ben Harper, STS9, Railroad Earth, & More

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From High Sierra
“High Sierra Music today announced the initial artist lineup for the 22nd Annual High Sierra Music Festival running July 5 through July 8, 2012 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy, CA. The Festival has been recognized for over two decades for its trademark sense of community and annual traditions among festival goers and music lovers. The picturesque location, the wide variety of artists, the unique musical settings at affordable prices all combine to make High Sierra the ultimate, intimate festival experience and premier four-day camping and music event in North America. Tickets are on sale now.”

Announced Lineup: Ben Harper • STS9 • Railroad Earth • Galactic • Built to Spill • Toots and the Maytals • Ryan Bingham • ALO • Lotus • Delta Spirt • Soulive • Heartless Bastards • the Devil Makes Three • Deer Tick • Greensky Bluegrass • The Slip • Lettuce • Surprise Me Mr. Davis • Grupo Fantasma • MarchFourth Marching Band • Skerik’s Bandalabra • Red Baraat • The New Orleans Suspects • the Stooges Brass Band • Nathan Moore • the Lumineers • Marco Benevento • Elephant Revival • Papadosio • Brokedown in Bakersfield • The Motet: Funk Is Dead! • Gardens and Villa • Mike Dillon Band • Steve Poltz  •  Artists at Large – Skerik and Mike Dillon • And more TBA

Websites & Links:  HighSierraMusic.com | Facebook | Twitter | Myspace

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Album ~ ‘Give Till It’s Gone’ by Ben Harper

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Editorial Review from Amazon.com

“With “Rock N’ Roll Is Free,” the album’s first single, Harper pays tribute to an audacious art form that continually challenges the status quo, demanding that we look at the world in “a brand new way.” The song was inspired by rock legend Neil Young, whom Harper opened for in London last summer. Young’s mesmerizing performance of “Rockin’ in the Free World” planted the seeds of a new song in Harper’s mind, compelling him to go straight back to his room after the show and write “Rock N’ Roll Is Free.” The incident is emblematic of the kind of urgency with which the new album was forged.

Harper recorded most of Give Till It’s Gone – his first solo record since 2006’s Both Sides of the Gun – at the Los Angeles studio of Jackson Browne, who harmonizes with him on the wistful “Pray That Our Love Sees The Dawn.” The album also features two tracks co-written with Ringo Starr – the exuberant, psychedelic-tinged “Spilling Faith” and “Get There From Here,” an improvisational instrumental. Starr, who also plays drums on the songs, tapped Harper for his 2010 album, Y Not.
“I’ve never made a record that was such a timeline,” says Harper. “It’s a real extension of the last year and half in my life, and all these sounds are inspired by my experiences. It’s as honest a musical statement as I could make.”
With Give Till It’s Gone, Harper examines the disparity between the man he is today and the man he endeavors to become. Reaching deep within, he discovers there are no easy answers, but implores us to go the distance with him on this journey in the moving album opener, “Don’t Give Up On Me Now.” While its songs are highly personal, Give Till It’s Gone illuminates the universal struggle to find meaning and fully engage with life and one another. We may pass through a dark night of the soul, but giving up is not a viable option, as Harper reminds us with certainty in the transcendent “I Will Not Be Broken.”
Harper made his debut in 1994 with Welcome to the Cruel World, which was subsequently certified Gold. In 2005, he received GRAMMY awards for “Best Pop Instrumental Performance” for his single “11th Commandment” and for “Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album” for There Will Be A Light, featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama. His three most recent studio albums – Both Sides of the Gun (2006), Lifeline (2007) and White Lies for Dark Times (2009) – debuted in the Top 10 of The Billboard 200. Harper formed Fistful of Mercy with Dhani Harrison and Joseph Arthur and the trio released the album As I Call You Down in 2010.”

Websites & Links: BenHarper.com | Give Till It’s Gone

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