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5 Songs - Ben Harper

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May 12, 2011 Updated May 27, 2011

With a new album - Give 'til it's Gone - about to hit the shelves, Ben paid us a visit to deliver his favourite five.

Ben's 5:

Spoon: Is Love Forever
Mogwai
: Letters To The Metro
David Lindley
: Mercury Blues
Tom Freund
: Comfortable In Your Arms
Grace Woodroofe
: I've Handled Myself Wrong

 

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Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents. His albums have been commercially successful in North America, Europe and Oceania. Harper is a...

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On May 17, 2011. 9:39pm
Dylan said

He comes on several times a day to share his 5 favourite songs and tell why he likes them, but never does? Often I wonder if any humans are running Dig Music, as the 5 favourite songs thing is repeated several times a day, with the same artist for several days in a row, gets really annoying. A lot of your music is really good, and have discovered some great songs, but sometimes it gets a bit amateurish.

On May 18, 2011. 10:03am

Hi Dylan...I see what you mean...the audio you're referring to is a promo for the 5 Songs program which runs at the following times each week:

Saturday @ 3pm
Sunday @ 11am
Monday @ 7pm
Tuesday @ 1pm
Wednesday @ 4pm
Thursday @ 9pm
Friday @ 3am

In future we'll amend the promos to reflect the fact that you can see the program times at the website.

Thanks for the mail!

On May 18, 2011. 5:42pm
Dylan said

Ok great, and thanks for the reply. Also it seems the playlist has been blank a few times lately. The other morning I was listening to a ripper song, at about 10:30 or 11:30 in the morning but it was down. Hope I hear it again sometime, was absolutely brilliant. Anyway thanks for all the good music. :)

On May 19, 2011. 5:26pm
Vicki said

I loved all the recordings he chose.

On May 20, 2011. 9:08am

Hi Dylan...ta for the message.

Apologies for the playlist info problems...the systems that export the info had been playing up and it took a while to locate what was happening so we could fix it. Fingers crossed it won''t happen again!

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