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Ben Harper
singer, guitarist, The Innocent Criminals
Since 1969
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Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released 12 studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally.
Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013.
At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy in This Land", was named Song of the Year.
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Benjamin Harper, dit Ben Harper, né le 28 octobre 1969 à Claremont, dans le Greater Los Angeles, en Californie, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américain.
Il accompagne différents groupes (The Innocent Criminals, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Relentless Seven) avec lesquels il pratique une musique mêlant les influences folk, blues, gospel, rock, funk et reggae. Depuis 2008, Ben Harper s'est lancé dans un nouveau projet musical vers un son plus rock au sein du groupe Relentless Seven. À partir de 2015, il joue de nouveau avec The Innocent Criminals. Il est aussi acteur, il a joué le rôle de Tyrone Downs dans la série télévisée Extrapolations, diffusée en 2023 sur Apple TV+. Il a aussi prêté plusieurs de ses chansons dans des films et séries télévisées.
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Discography
Albums
- 1992 Pleasure and Pain
- 1994 Welcome to the Cruel World
- 1995 Fight for Your Mind
- 1997 The Will to Live
- 2003 Diamonds on the Inside
- 2004 There Will Be a Light
- 2006 Both Sides of the Gun
- 2011 Give Till It’s Gone
- 2013 Get Up!
- 2014 Childhood Home
- 2018 No Mercy in This Land
- 2020 Winter Is for Lovers
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- 2022 Bloodline Maintenance
- 2023 Wide Open Light
EPs
- 1994 Whipping Boy
- 1997 Faded
- 1997 Reggae Sampler
- 1997 Will to Live Bonus EP
- 2003 So High So Low
Singles
- 1994 Ground On Down
- 1995 Gold To Me
- 1996 Excuse Me Mister
- 1996 Like a King
- 1997 Mama's Trippin'
- 1997 Faded
- 2000 Jah Work
- 2003 Diamonds On The Inside
- 2003 Brown Eyed Blues
- 2006 Better Way
- 2010 Never Tear Us Apart
- 2011 Don't Give Up on Me Now
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- 2019 Uneven Days
- 2020 Don't Let Me Disappear
- 2020 Black Eyed Dog
- 2020 Inland Empire (band version)
- 2021 Black Beauty
- 2021 If Ever
- 2021 Spin It Faster
- 2022 The Only
- 2023 Queen Bee
