Faith Lapidus has more. As a boy,Ben Harper spent a lot of time at his grandparents' record store called The Folk Music Center and Museum in California.

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the first release from Ben Harper's new CD, "White Lies for Dark Times.

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This week: We listen to new music from Ben Harper .

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May 23, 2012: President Obama visits the Fox Theater for a concert featuring singer Ben Harper.

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Since hosting 350 people in 1970, Jazz Fest has grown into the kind of event that pulls in hundreds of thousands of concert-goers and internationally known names like Ben Harper, Bon Jovi and Wynton Marsalis.

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There is no way to disconnect the imagery Gaga has created from her music, says SAE Institute adjunct instructor Eric Sarafin, aka Mixerman, a producer and mixer whose credits include Ben Harper, The Pharcyde, Tone Loc, Amy Grant, Big House, Barenaked Ladies, Lifehouse, Hillary Duff.

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