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Here we go with today's topic,
Ben Harper. Welcome to Podcasting Blues.

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I'm Gael Nobles. In the next
few minutes, we're going to talk about

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singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist Ben
Harper, who plays an eclectic mix of

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blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for

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his guitar playing skills, vocals,
live performances, and activism. He has

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released twelve studio albums, mostly through
Virgin Records, and has toured internationally.

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Harper is a three time Grammy Award
winner and seven time nominee, with awards

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for Best Pop Instrumental perform Wromits and
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in two thousand

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four, and Best Blues Album in
two thousand thirteen. At the fortieth Blues

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Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition
with Charlie Musselwhite, No Mercy in This

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Land, was named Song of the
Year. Ben Harper has a seventeenth studio

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album titled Wide Open Light, released
on June's second, two thousand twenty three

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through Chrysalis Records. I'm Gael Nobles, Goodbye for Now