Benjamin Woolman

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Ben Woolman is hailed as one of the Midwest's leading finger-style guitarists. His music can be heard around the world on cable radio in the US, Japan, Italy, China, Australia, Indonesia, Malta, Germany, and among programming for Minnesota and National Public Radio. He has been a guest columnist for Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine and Guitar Teacher Magazine, contributed music to various film soundtracks, and has 8 recordings, solo and compilations, credited to date. Mr. Woolman holds a BFA in Guitar Performance, with honors, from the University of Wisconsin/Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Cooperative Guitar Program, Milwaukee, WI. For over ten years, Ben has performed across the US in theaters, folk festivals, coffeehouses, colleges, house concerts, weddings, corporate functions, and formal recitals. Highlights include sharing the stage with some of the artists who continue to inspire him including: Billy McLaughlin, Pat Donohue, Dan Schwartz, Dean Magraw, Tim Sparks, Phil Heywood, and Claudia Schmidt. His engaging, high energy, performances cover a diverse musical terrain including: American blues, folk, Latin, Jazz, Celtic, Classical, and African music as well as his own brand of catchy, introspective compositions. Ben is often described as having a melodic gift with composition that fuses elements of both "rootsy" and contemporary finger-style playing with a pop songwriter's crafty sensibility. He effortlessly moves from genre to genre keeping his audiences guessing and en

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