ALBUMNo Mercy in This Land (Deluxe Edition)Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
ALBUMChildhood HomeBen Harper & Ellen Harper
ALBUMGet Up! (Deluxe Version)Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
ALBUMGive Till It's GoneBen Harper
ALBUMBoth Sides of the GunBen Harper
ALBUMThere Will Be a LightBen Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama
ALBUMDiamonds on the InsideBen Harper
Ben Harper's Popular Music Videos
I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Two Lights In the Nighttime
Bonnie Raitt & Ben Harper
Yard Sale (feat. Jack Johnson) [Live From The Kitchen]
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Don't Let Me Disappear
Ben Harper
Fool for a Lonesome Train (Live)
Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals
Fight Outta You
Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals
Whipping Boy
Ben Harper
Two Lights In The Nighttime
Bonnie Raitt & Ben Harper
Lost Days
Ringside & Ben Harper
Joshua Tree (Band Version)
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Artist Playlists
Ben Harper Essentials
Genre-blurring tracks from the politically minded singer/songwriter.
Ben Harper: Deep Cuts
The solo star inspires with a formidable cast of collaborators.
Artist Biography
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Harper grew up visiting his grandparents’ Claremont, CA, folk music store and museum, which was frequented by Tom Waits, Paul Simon, and Leonard Cohen.
∙ Blues legend Taj Mahal gave the teenaged Harper—already an accomplished acoustic slide guitar player—his first paying gig and later included him on tour and on his 1990 album, Follow the Drinking Gourd.
∙ In 1994, Harper released his acoustic-based breakthrough LP, Welcome to the Cruel World, the first of five of his albums that have been certified Gold.
∙ His 2006 double album, Both Sides of the Gun, hit No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 in Australia, where Harper achieved early fame.
∙ “No Mercy in This Land”—his collaboration with legendary bluesman Charlie Musselwhite—won Song of the Year honors at the 40th Blues Music Awards.
∙ He’s won three Grammy Awards—for Best Blues Album (Get Up!), Best Pop Instrumental Performance (“11th Commandment”), and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (There Will Be a Light).