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Described by Time Out as a "fretboard wizard", Benji Kirkpatrick is a gifted guitar player and an engaging and experienced performer. Over the decade or so that he has been working on the folk scene, he has honed a distinctive style which has rare energy.
As well as being a soloist, Benji has also collaborated with peers and veterans of the scene on various ventures. He is one third of Dr Faustus, along with fiddle and oboe ace Paul Sartin and Waterson:Carthy member Saul Rose. Benji has also worked with Nationwide Mercury Prize nominee Seth Lakeman. The two of them have played duo gigs together and featured on each others albums. (Benji appears on Seth's Mercury Prize-nominated Kitty Jay as well as the topselling Freedom Fields). Oysterband invited Benji to join them on their Big Session tours of 2001 and 2003, alongside Cara Dillon, Eliza Carthy and Jim Moray.
Benji Kirkpatrick was born in the summer of 1976 when his parents, folk luminaries John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris, were on a rare break from touring. The couple played together as a duo throughout the '70s and '80s and with countless classic line ups--Albion Country Band, Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson and Brass Monkey to name but a few.
In the hills of Shropshire, Benji, like other children immersed in the folk world, was brought up listening to a wide range of musical styles. It wasn’t long before he was picking up instruments and with the arrival of an electric guitar into his life, Benji began listening to '50s rock 'n' roll, before moving via ZZ Top to Jimi Hendrix.
At college, Benji formed a band called The Hedgerows, who eventually evolved into an acoustic outfit, resulting in them having a song (penned by Benji) featured on the Evolving Tradition compilation in 1995. This got Benji's name noticed and his solo debut Dance in the Shadow was released in 1998. Benji joined the band Dr Faustus in the same year. In 2004, his second solo album, Half A Fruit Pie, was released.
In the same year, folk/funk/jazz/soul big band Bellowhead was formed and Benji was a founder member. With his services now in high demand, Benji has found it hard to knuckle down to his solo work. Hard, but thankfully, not impossible...
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