Description
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ben Harper unleashes a minimalist jewel with his newest album Wide Open Light.
Harper’s new set is heavily focused on his new material and the connections between the songs. The arrangements are small but effective, building around Harper’s multifaceted singing voice and acoustic guitar playing. It’s a record of quiet power and grace, reflecting the thoughts of a middle-aged human and the attempt to use them to understand that stage of life. Harper exudes a quiet, brilliant power that’s relatable and real. Fellow songwriting star Jack Johnson appears on the record’s lead single “Yard Sale.”
Ben Harper is a three-time Grammy winner with a genre-destroying style that takes in blues, funk, jam band rock, gospel, acoustic songwriting, as well as conventional and lap slide guitar. He’s grown a worldwide audience for himself and gained epic amounts of critical praise. In addition to making his own music, Harper has also produced major artists including Mavis Staples, Rickie Lee Jones, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Natalie Maines, Ziggy Marley, and others. He’s done studio work for people like John Lee Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite, Ringo Starr, Keith Richards, and Harry Styles and is widely considered an American musical treasure.
