:date: 2012-03-28 10:03 .. index:: music Ben Cooper/Family Tree The Roots ================================ .. image:: http://www.mamstore.co.uk/templates/imagedirectory/radicalface_CD_Large.jpg :alt: Ben Cooper/Family Tree, The roots :align: center `Ben Cooper `__ is an American singer and songwriter. After :ref:`this album <2011-boy_and_bear_moonfire>` last year, his *The Family Tree - The Roots* album might a candidate for the best ones I found this year. If I would have found it last year it would be quite hard to decide between these two. Luckily I don't have to. The album itself is already from 2011, so I'm not quite sure, how I should count this: This year? Last year? He's currently touring in Europe and though the tour-plan doesn't seem to have any show near me, there might be some, one day. To put the music in a certain category (if you insist) it would end up somewhere at *Acoustic Rock* or something - but as always it's better to make up your mind yourself. You'll probably put it in a different category anyway. Certainly in a different one than me. Let's hope there's more coming. At last a tree is just more than roots... Links: `Official Website `__