Ben Harper & Ellen Harper

The Profile

Ben Harper and his mother Ellen Harper recorded the album 'Childhood Home' (released 2014), a collection of intimate folk- and country-flavored songs documenting family and place.

Ben Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ellen Harper is his mother and a musician. The pair released the collaborative album 'Childhood Home' in 2014.

Reviews describe Childhood Home as a quiet, intimate mother-and-son folk/country album (released 2014). The record is characterized as nostalgic and melancholic and rewards focused listening. The critical feeling in the reviews is mixed: appreciation for intimacy, reservation about broad appeal.