STG Presents… BEN HARPER August 27, 2011
Redmond, Washington 98052
On May 17th, Virgin Records released Give Till Its Gone,Ben Harpers 10th studio album. The two-time GRAMMY winner will headline a trio of festivals this spring: Bluesfest inAustralia, GrassRoots, the New Zealand Blues & Roots All Music Festival, and the Wakarusa Festival in Ozark, AR.
With Rock N Roll Is Free, the albums first single, Harper pays tribute to an audacious art form that continually challenges the status quo, demanding that we look at the world in a brand new way. The song was inspired by rock legend Neil Young, whom Harper opened for in London last summer. Youngs mesmerizing performance of Rockin in the Free World planted the seeds of a new song in Harpers mind, compelling him to go straight back to his room after the show and write Rock N Roll Is Free. The incident is emblematic of the kind of urgency with which the new album was forged.
Official Website: http://stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1578
Added by seattletheatregroup on July 20, 2011