Ben Harper - Wide Open Light - VINYL LP

Limited opaque white colored vinyl LP pressing. Winter Is For Lovers was a lifetime in the making... a solo lap-steel guitar piece incorporating elements of delta blues, flamenco, and even Satie-like minimalism, this work resonates with lyrical virtuosity, originality and soul. In some ways Winter Is For Lovers is a love letter to Ben Harper's longtime fans who have always revered his guitar virtuosity; it's the record they always wanted him to make. For many other music lovers, this record is a revelation, an unknown side to a a celebrated artist showing a sense of meticulousness, depth and music history that will add new dimensions to an already renowned career. Ultimately, Winter Is For Lovers is a very personal statement from Ben Harper, drawing from the bountiful garden of his earliest musical impressions and propelling him into the future with an elegiac masterpiece. Album Tracks 1. Istanbul 2. Manhattan 3. Joshua Tree 4. Inland Empire 5. Harlem 6. Lebanon 7. London 8. Toronto 9. Verona 10. Brittany 11. Montreal 12. Bizanet 13. Toronto (Reprise) 14. Islip 15. Paris

Vinyl LP pressing. 2022 . InchIt was like I was moving forward and venturing into places I had never been before. Taking everything I've learned from every other record and kind of setting fire to it all and starting over,Inch Ben Harper says of his new album Bloodline Maintenance. InchAnd I knew the sounds I was hearing in my head were so unorthodox that I had to do most of it myself.Inch The result is a fearless and immensely soulful work largely inspired by the loss of a longtime friend and the lingering influence of a mercurial and charismatic father. Along with guitar and bass, Harper als o played the drums including an eclectic assortment of percussions. The deliberately open spaces and accented beats influenced in large part by the exploratory rhythms of the hip-hop he has loved since his teens. The result is less a direct influence than the applying of hip-hop's inventiveness to longstanding paradigms of soul, blues and jazz, spinning it all forward into a reconfiguration of a new black Americana. InchIf this is my Mule Variations, then hallelujah.Inch Harper says, referencing the groundbreaking Tom Waits record. Bloodline Maintenance is both a political and personally revealing work. It is soul music, but never a stylistic tribute to some bygone era. The sound and words are essential and undeniably timely. Harper acknowledges that much of the exploration on the record was fueled by an awareness of time. InchIt's this notion of mortality and the people we have lost. The way I hoped it would all turn out and the realization that, as beautiful as it all can be, perhaps none of it matters beyond these moments.Inch Album Tracks 1. Below Sea Level 2. We Need to Talk About It 3. Where Did We Go Wrong 4. Problem Child 5. Need to Know Basis 6. It Ain't No Use 7. More Than Love 8. Smile at the Mention 9. Honey, Honey 10. Knew the Day Was Comin'

'Where The Light Gets In' is the debut album from Ben Barnes. The title of the album reflects the hopefulness of the songs, and the perspective earned through lived experience. Ben's personal hope for these songs is that they encourage finding clarity when life feels sombre, feeling powerful when pain tells you you're vulnerable and lovable when the world tries to tell you that you're not enough as you are. The album is about the different stages of a relationship; beginnings, tension, sorrow, S*x, love, endings... nostalgia. It's about how our history and our scars configure to make us who we are in this moment. If a part of us has ever felt broken, we can mend... transforming ourselves into something more precious than we were before. The album was recorded at Apogee Studios in Santa Monica with the band all together, including James Valentine and Sam Farrar (Maroon 5) who also produced the record along with drummer/manager, Paul Hamilton. Album Tracks 1. Beloved 2. Where the Light Gets in 3. Ritual 4. Nevermind 5. Take Me to the Moon 6. Slow It Down 7. One Minute More 8. Three New Hearts 9. The in Between 10. Stolen Time 11. Someday 12. Far Too Soon