While Americans were celebrating independence throughout the United States earlier this month, Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals were making fireworks of their own across the pond in Paris, France. Performing four shows over five days at the famed Olympia Music Hall, Harper and his band packed the room to capacity night after night and gave each crowd new material, rarities, and a chance to see that the apple doesn’t fall from the tree.
including trump have openly praised putin and other dictators and that has been quieted by recent events in russia. but is that what you would expect to see when things start to go wrong for a dictator? it is. and i think it s very simple. we need to see, the gop, not only as an autocratic party at home, but it s actually a party that is in meshed in far-right networks all over the world. it s very close, as you know, with viktor orban s party. it is in there are many republicans still loyal to putin. so, we have to ask, is it aligning itself with autocrats and not with democracies across the world? and that is very distressing. ruth ben-ghiat, thank you. up next, musician ben harper on his new album, wide open light. and his decision to infuse
Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Tanya Tucker, Bob Dylan, Neighbor, The Revivalists, Ben Folds, Rufus Wainwright and more.
This week we've got new releases from a number of Stereoboard favourites. Foo Fighters have put out their first LP since the passing of their legendary drummer Taylor Hawkins, Avenged Sevenfold are back with the long awaited follow-up to 2016's 'The Stage', and Alicia Bognanno .