On the heels of an incredible first year as a band and the release of their powerful album, White Lies For Dark Times,Ben Harper and Relentless7 is hitting fans with a one-two punch bydelivering a commanding documentation of one of their most incredibleperformances of 2009 with the combination CD/DVD, Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival on March 9th.   Pre-orders are available now at www.BenHarper.com.

In addition, Ben Harper’s live performance of “My Father’s House” andEddie Vedder’s version of “My City of Ruins” is now available as asplit digital single on iTunes and AmazonMP3 to benefit Artists forPeace and Justice Haiti Relief.  “My Father’s House” was written byBruce Springsteen and performed by Harper live at the Kennedy CenterHonors on December 6, 2009, in front of an extraordinary audienceincluding The Boss and President Barack Obama.  Exclusive video of theperformance can be seen on www.BenHarper.com http://www.BenHarper.com> .
 
The new video “Lay There and Hate Me,” the third single from White Lies For Dark Times,premiered on YouTube and was directed by James Frost (Radiohead /‘House of Cards’, Coldplay / “Yellow”).  Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijAai55TbfI.  An explicit version of the video is currently available on Playboy.com.
 
On January 4th, Harper performed the duet “Old Enough” on the EllenDegeneres Show, and on January 22nd, Ben joined an all star bandincluding Will Ferrell, Billy Gibbons, Beck and Conan O’Brienperforming “Freebird” to close out the final Tonight Show with ConanO’Brien.
 
A truly honored Ben Harper recently performed what Rolling Stone calleda “stirring version” of the Crosby, Stills, Nash song “Ohio” at theMusicCares Person of the Year event honoring Neil Young.
 
In addition, Ben Harper and Relentless7 served as backing band forseveral amazing promotional appearances by Ringo Starr in the lastseveral weeks including The Daily Show, The Late Show with JimmyFallon, The Jay Leno Show, Artists Den and a very special performanceat the Grammy Museum.  Harper was also invited to speak at RingoStarr’s induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8th.
 
Ben Harper and Relentless7 will headline this summer’s CampusConsciousness Tour.  Created by non-profit group Reverb, CCT is halfmusic, half environmental campaign aiming to inspire and activatestudents in a fun and exciting atmosphere while leaving a positiveimpact on each community and college that the tour reaches.
 
CAMPUS CONSCIOUNESS TOUR with BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS7:
Apr 15                        Dekalb, IL                        Illinois Univ / Convocation Center
Apr 16                        Athens, OH                        Ohio Univ / Templeton-Blackburn Auditorium
Apr 17                        Williamsport, PA            Lycoming College
Apr 20                        Baltimore, MD            Pier Six Pavilion
Apr 21                        Winston-Salem, NC            Wake Forrest/Wait Chapel            
Apr 24                        Nashville, TN                        Vanderbilt Univ / Alumni Lawn