Ben Harper
Debuts “Yard Sale (Live From The Kitchen)” Music Video
With Jack Johnson
New Album WIDE OPEN LIGHT
Out Friday, June 2 on Chrysalis Records
Pre-order WIDE OPEN LIGHT
Tickets Available HERE
Singer-songwriter, musician and producer Ben Harper shares his new music video “Yard Sale (Live From The Kitchen)” for a special acoustic version of his single “Yard Sale” featuring Jack Johnson. The new video finds the frequent collaborators at Ben’s home for a stripped down version of the new track ahead of the release of his new studio album WIDE OPEN LIGHT, out Friday, June 2 via Chrysalis Records.
The follow up to his GRAMMY-nominated record BLOODLINE MAINTENANCE, WIDE OPEN LIGHT is described by Ben as a family of songs he’s written where each track is a close relative to the next. It’s deliberately minimalist and the songs themselves do as much of the heavy lifting as the production. “There was once a time when albums didn’t need an adjacent story or fable. When the songs were enough,” Ben says. “I’m excited to return to this.”
WIDE OPEN LIGHT also features Ben’s recent single “Love After Love,” a song about love as “the ultimate renewable resource,” as he calls it.
The new record arrives fresh off the heels of his recent appearance in the AppleTV+ series “Extrapolations,” a fictional drama based in the near future when the effects of climate change have become embedded in society. The show includes an all-star cast featuring Meryl Streep, Kit Harington, Forest Whitaker, and many more.
Ben was a recent guest on The Jennifer Hudson Show where he talked about the new album and appearing in “Extrapolations.” This month, Ben is also featured in Harper Bazaar as their Music Director for their May issue (read here). Ben has also recently been featured on CBS Mornings, ABC News, SPIN, Entertainment Weekly and Variety, to name a few.
Following the release of WIDE OPEN LIGHT, Harper will have an extensive European summer tour, then select dates with The Chicks, before a string of headlining dates on tour in the US this fall. Harper’s fall tour begins in Richmond, VA on September 29th, and will feature shows in Portland, ME, Buffalo, NY, Cincinnati, OH, Milwaukee, WI and more. He will also perform at the Oceans Calling Music Festival, Sound on Sound Music & Arts Festival, and the recently announced Farm-to-Fork Festival.
Photo Credit: Michael Halsband
TOUR DATES
Sat. Jun. 10 – Torrey, UT – Fort Desolation Fest
Fri. Jun. 30 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
Sat. Jul. 1 – Weimar, Germany – Seebühne Weimar c/o Weimarhalle
Mon. Jul. 3 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
Tue. Jul. 4 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
Wed. Jul. 5 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
Fri. July 7 – Lugano, Switzerland – Lugano Estival Jazz
Sat. Jul. 8 – Enghien, Belgium – LaSemo
Sun. Jul. 9 – Saint-Malô-du-Bois, France – Festival de Poupet *with Fatoumata Diawara, Colours In The Street
Tue. Jul. 11 – Milan, Italy – Circolo Magnolia *with John Butler
Wed. Jul. 12 – Verona, Italy – Castello Scaligero
Thu. Jul. 13 – Perugia, Italy – Arena Santa Giuliana
Sat. Jul. 15 – Tarvisio, Italy – Lago di Fusine Superiore
Sun. Jul. 16 – La Spezia, Italy – Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
Tue. Jul. 18 – Narbonne, France – Festival Jazz à l’Hospitalet
Wed. Jul. 19 – Lyon, France – Les Nuits de Fourvière
Thu. Jul. 20 – Vitrolles, France – Jardin Sonore Festival
Fri. Jul. 21 – Girona, Spain – Porta Ferrada
Sun. Jul. 23 – San Sebastián, Spain – Jazzaldia
Tue. Jul. 25 – Jerez, Spain – Tío Pepe Festival
Wed. Jul. 26 – Cascais, Portugal – CoolJazz
Fri. Jul. 28 – Marciac, France – Jazz in Marciac
Thu. Aug. 10 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium *with The Chicks
Fri. Aug. 11 – Canandaigua, NY – CMAC Performing Arts Center *with The Chicks
Sun. Aug. 13 – Edmonton, AB, Canada – Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Tue. Aug. 15 – Carmel, IN – The Palladium at The Center for the Performing Arts
Wed. Aug. 16 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena *with The Chicks
Thu. Aug. 17 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena *with The Chicks
Sat. Aug. 19 – Des Moines, IA – Iowa State Fair Grandstand *with The Chicks
Fri. Aug. 25 – Toronto, Canada – Budweiser Stage *with City and Colour, Katie Tupper
Sat. Aug. 26 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center *with The Chicks
Sun. Aug. 27 – St. Louis, MO – Evolution Festival *with Brandi Carlile
Tue. Aug. 29 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center *with The Chicks
Wed. Aug. 30 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center Omaha *with The Chicks
Fri. Sep. 1 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Sat. Sep. 23 – Sacramento, CA – Farm-to-Fork Festival
Fri. Sep. 29 – Richmond, VA – The National
Sat. Sep 30 – Ocean City, MD – Oceans Calling Music Festival
Sun. Oct. 1 – Bridgeport, CT – Sound on Sound Music & Arts Festival
Tue. Oct. 03 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
Wed. Oct. 4 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Fri. Oct. 6 – Burlington, VT – The Flynn
Sat. Oct. 7 – Buffalo, NY – UB Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre
Sun. Oct. 8 – Albany, NY – The Egg Center for the Performing Arts
Tue. Oct. 10 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Wed. Oct. 11 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Fri. Oct. 13 – South Bend, IN – Morris Performing Arts Center
Sat. Oct. 14 – Milwaukee, WI – The Riverside Theater
Sun. Oct. 15 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Lake Casino Hotel – Mystic Showroom
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