Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite News & Reviews

Updated July, 2014

Previous updates January 2014/January & February 2013

Various Publications

2014 Montreal Jazz Festival

Ben & Charlie are in the news again - this time the Montreal Gazzette has compiled an article with video and images from the 2014 Montreal Jazz Festival. Read More

2014 Best Blues Album Grammy Winners!

Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite have garnered a lot of press with their CD "Get Up". Not only have they won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album; they also had a nomination in the Best Music Film category for their film "I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone: The Making Of Get Up!".

In 2013 they performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ben and Charlie have also appeared on the cover of Downbeat magazine, received a photo op in Rolling Stone magazine, and an article on PopMatters.com.

MontrealGazzette.com
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite at Montreal Jazz Festival 2014
By Bernard Perusse
29 June 2014 Read More

2014 Grammy Awards
grammy.com (video)
see images on right
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
JamBands.com (article) and nbc.com (video)
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Rolling Stone Magazine
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PopMatters.com
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite: Get Up!
By Colin McGuire
31 January 2013 Read More

Downbeat Magazine
"[Harper] has delivered something from the heart," hails DownBeat's March cover story on Ben Harper w/ Charlie Musselwhite's new album, 'Get Up!,' on stands now. Go here to read all about the making of 'Get Up!,' which they say is the "gleaming, soulful result" of a 15-year friendship that started with a session with John Lee Hooker:
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Esquire Magazine
In other recent news, Esquire.com premiered a new live video of Ben & Charlie performing the album opener, "Don't Look Twice."
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This "Don't Look Twice" performance is featured on the "I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone: The Making of Get Up!" DVD directed by Danny Clinch, and the special indie retail 7" vinyl single 'Machine Shop Sessions.' Watch Video