The Music MATTador's next instalment for us... enjoy !!!

Hi Everyone apologies for being a day late with this, crazy day yesterday & somehow I didn't receive Matt's initial email.....

I'm off to itunes now to download some new music..... thanks again Matt, amazing, hope you all enjoy.... Cheers Greg

I love to see passion in a musician, true energy driven by a force that can be seen simply by watching a performance even without sound. There are many artists that I love for this reason, One in particular exudes this every time I see him perform, Ben Harper. Have you seen. him..... Someone that wears their heart on their sleeve in everything they do, someone that leaves nothing behind?

Ben Harper continues to amaze his fans who are as diverse as you will meet, put simply he covers most all age groups and musical genres and continues to expand his following with age old word of mouth. If you have never seen his DVD "Pleasure and Pain" do yourself a favour and take the time to walk in his shoes for 2 hours. There are so many fantastic examples of Bens' passion (seen beautifully on the DVD when he plays with his good friends and blues legends - The Blind Boys of Alabama) however it's his new project that has re-sparked my love of Ben Harper.

Fistful of Mercy is Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and Dhani Harrison (son of George). Forming in February 2010, after Arthur had asked Harper to jam at Carrage House Studios; Harper then asked Harrison, (whom he had met at a skate park in Santa Monica), to accompany them and the rest as they say is music history. The album was remarkably written and recorded in 3 days, even more remarkable is the quality of the song writing that evolved in those 3 days!

Harrison says the lyrics tell the journey of Fistful of Mercy. "I see the record as more people getting to know each other and testing each other's boundaries," he says.

"The first song we wrote together was 'I Don't Want to Waste Your Time,' because we all are a little nervous about wasting each other's time," Arthur says. "The album's kind of like a conversation -- a three-way conversation -- and sort of a document of friends becoming brothers."

Harrison has since been heard to relate the experience to his fathers brief stint with "The Travelling Wilburys". They have also been described by some as the "Crosby, Stills & Nash" of 2010. Jim Keltner (percussion) and Jessy Greene (violin) also participated in the recording.

The track is called "Fathers Son" and has a fantastic raw blues energy that pours out of all three artists, it will have you tapping your foot and nodding your head, go ahead and jump around, feel free to get a little loose! Please enjoy..................... The Music MATTador http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpunkt6E5kI