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Benjamin William Pike
12+ albums
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Benjamin William Pike is a critically acclaimed acoustic roots musician from Leeds, West Yorkshire. An agile and seasoned guitarist, adept at playing steel string, lap slide and pedal steel, Benjamin explores folk, alt. country, blues and beyond. His debut album – ‘Being & Nothingness’ was highly praised for it’s originality and unique musicianship and became one of Folk Radio’s albums of the year in 2013 - Link to album review Benjamin has played across the UK, Europe, the U.S. and Canada and has been invited to open for such luminaries as The Felice Brothers, C.W.Stoneking, Nell Bryden, Eve Sellis, Old Crow Medicine Show, Kelly Joe Phelps and ‘Cactus’ Jim Soldi (Johnny Cash’s guitarist). The new 2017 album - ‘A Burdensome Year’ has been picked again for album of the month by Folk Radio and has been featured in The Independent by legendary rock critic Andy Gill as well as receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from national folk and roots publications including R2 magazine and fRoots magazine. Source: http://www.discoverthebluedot.com/profile/benjamin-william-pike User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
