Here we go with today's topic, Ben Harper. Welcome to Podcasting Blues. I'm Gael Nobles. In the next few minutes, we're going to talk about singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist Ben Harper, who plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve 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 perform Wromits and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in two thousand four, and Best Blues Album in two thousand thirteen. At the fortieth Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, No Mercy in This Land, was named Song of the Year. Ben Harper has a seventeenth studio album titled Wide Open Light, released on June's second, two thousand twenty three
through Chrysalis Records. I'm Gael Nobles, Goodbye for Now