Ben Harper is currently confined to his California home with his wife and three of his six children: his youngest, Mona, 9 months old, a 3-year-old boy and his teenage daughter.
Whoever defines himself as a full-time family man takes advantage of his nights to write a lot of music.
Winter is for Lovers
, his new project, is a very particular record, which sees him express himself only through a lap-steel guitar.
This instrument, which is played flat on the knees by sliding a metal bar on the strings, Ben Harper has made his specialty since his earliest childhood.
Today he is one of the world's greatest ambassadors.
LE FIGARO.- Your new album,
Winter is For Lovers,
is perhaps your most personal project.
Ben HARPER: In my opinion, yes.
I started to prepare it a long time ago.
I decided to release it once I had finished my work in the studio.
I spent a lot of time on these songs, I got them
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