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Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Blending together an array of musical styles and influences, singer/guitarist Ben Harper has carved out an unusual and exciting 12-year career. Accompanied by his backing band The Innocent Criminals, Harper skillfully combines acoustic folk, blues, funk, soul and hard rock.
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After their last tour, Ben Harper and his bandmates went straight to the studio for Lifeline, an album of songs written during sound checks and recorded in seven days. Harper plays songs from the record and talks about its origins.
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Blending an array of musical styles as diverse as his influences, Harper combines acoustic folk, blues, funk, soul and rock. Hear an interview and in-studio performance by Harper, whose new album Lifeline showcases a loose, expressive style.
()Blending together an array of musical styles and influences, singer/guitarist Ben Harper has carved out an unusual and exciting 12-year career. Accompanied by his backing band The Innocent Criminals, Harper skillfully combines acoustic folk, blues, funk, soul and hard rock.
()Blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite has played with some of the biggest legends of the genre, at a crucial time in the history of the blues. Now young lions such as Ben Harper are contributing to his latest CD, Sanctuary. Hear live tracks of songs the two musicians recorded at NPR West, and hear an extended version of the interview.
()Blending an array of musical styles as diverse as his influences, Harper combines acoustic folk, blues, funk, soul and rock. Hear an interview and in-studio performance by Harper, whose new album Lifeline showcases a loose, expressive style.
()John talks with musician Ben Harper. Next week, Mr. Harper releases his fifth album. It's a two-CD set of concert recordings called Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals: Live From Mars (Virgin Records America).
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