Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite will collaborate once again for their new album No Mercy in This Land, due out March 30, 2018. No Mercy in This Land is the first of new music from the pair since the 2013 release of their collaborative album Get Up!, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart and won a GRAMMY Award in 2014 for “Best Blues Album.” A musical expression of the kinship between the two, the album recounts both Ben and Charlie’s personal stories and adds to the sonic history of American struggle and survival.
“Charlie Musselwhite is that very rare and hallowed place where blues past, present and future collide,” says Ben about his collaborator and friend. “He transforms notes into emotions that feel both hauntingly familiar and brand new, as if hearing them for the first time every time. He is a living legend whose harmonica playing should be beamed into outer space to search for other life forms.”
“On stage or in the studio – working with Ben Harper holds the same excitement I experienced working with Chicago blues legends back in the day,” says Charlie. “I think it is safe to say that Ben has reinvented the Blues in a great way: playing modern while preserving the feel. I am honored and privileged to be a participant in this project.”
Ben and Charlie will celebrate the album’s release on March 30th by kicking off an international tour that same evening in San Francisco, CA at the famed Fillmore before heading overseas for a string of European dates. The duo will make their return to States in May with two nights at Los Angeles’ Troubadour followed by a summer’s worth of shows across North America.
NO MERCY IN THIS LAND TRACKLISTING
1. When I Go
2. Bad Habits
3. Love And Trust
4. The Bottle Wins Again
5. Found The One
6. When Love Is Not Enough
7. Trust You To Dig My Grave
8. No Mercy In This Land
9. Movin’ On
10. Nothing At All
NO MERCY IN THIS LAND – DIGITAL DELUXE
*Includes 3 bonus tracks, bolded below
1. When I Go
2. Bad Habits
3. Love And Trust
4. The Bottle Wins Again
5. Found The One
6. When Love Is Not Enough
7. Trust You To Dig My Grave
8. No Mercy In This Land
9. Movin’ On
10. Nothing At All
11. The Bottle Wins Again (Live at Machine Shop)
12. Trust You To Dig My Grave (Live at Machine Shop)
13. No Mercy In This Land (Live at Machine Shop)
BEN HARPER + CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE 2018 TOUR DATES
*All dates and locations are subject to change.
Friday, March 30
San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore
Saturday, March 31
San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore
Tuesday, April 3
Glasgow, UK
Oran Mor
Friday, April 6
Manchester, UK
Academy 2
Saturday, April 7
London, UK
Shepherds Bush Empire
Monday, April 9
Amsterdam, Holland
Paradiso
Tuesday, April 10
Berlin, Germany
Huxleys
Wednesday, April 11
Cologne, Germany
Live Music Hall
Thursday, April 12
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Den Atelier
Saturday, April 14
Brussels, Belgium
La Madeleine
Monday, April 23
Milan, Italy
Fabrique
Wednesday, April 25
Geneva, Switzerland
Salle des Fetes
Friday, April 27
Barcelona, Spain
Barts
Monday, April 30
Lisbon, Portugal
Aula Magna
Thursday, May 3
Madrid, Spain
La Riveria
Monday, May 7
Los Angeles, CA
Troubadour
Tuesday, May 8
Los Angeles, CA
Troubadour
Saturday, May 12
Solana Beach, CA
Belly Up
Sunday, May 13
Solana Beach, CA
Belly Up
Monday, May 28
Toronto, ONT
Mod Club
Tuesday, May 29
Toronto, ONT
Mod Club
Sunday, June 3
Cambridge, MA
The Sinclair
Monday, June 4
Cambridge, MA
The Sinclair
Friday, June 8
New York, NY
The Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, June 9
New York, NY
The Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, July 29
Detroit, MI
St. Andrews Hall
Sunday, July 30
Chicago, IL
Thalia Hall
Wednesday, August 1
Saint Paul, MN
Palace Theater
Friday, August 3
Denver, CO
Gothic Theater
Monday, August 27
Santa Cruz, CA
The Catalyst
