Many musicians name their parents as major influences. Grammy winning folk singer-songwriter Ben Harper takes this to the next level in his newest album, Childhood Home, an excellent collaboration with his mom, Ellen Harper.

“I was literally raised with her voice, both as mother and as a singer,” Ben said in a release. “She spent so much time making music with us while we were growing up. There was always folk music in the house.”

The Harpers hail from Claremont, California, where Ellen raised her three sons, including Ben, as a single mother. Today, Ellen still runs the town’s Folk Music Center and Museum that Ben’s grandparents founded in 1958. Ben spent a lot of time there growing up—an experience that helped form his sound, and, of course, this album. “On my first two records there was this sparse acoustic haunted feel. And it comes out of this particular area,” Ben said. “I wanted to get back to that sound.”

Childhood Home features 10 original songs about home and family, exploring both what’s beautiful and painful about them. Ellen penned four of the tracks while Ben wrote six—including the album’s gorgeous and simple penultimate track, “Learn It All Again Tomorrow,” which you can hear exclusively on Parade.com below.

The pair took twelve days to record the entire album, which Ben says is “a portrait and it’s a conversation.” Childhood Home drops May 6—the week before Mother’s Day.

The album’s tracklist:

1. “A House Is a Home”

2. “City of Dreams”

3. “Born to Love You”

4. “Heavyhearted World”

5. “Farmer’s Daughter”

6. “Memories of Gold”

7. “Altar of Love”

8. “Break Your Heart”

9. “Learn It All Again Tomorrow”

10. “How Could We Not Believe”