2011. Singer-songwriter; > THINK JACK JOHNSON, JOHN MARTYN, BON IVER, TIM BUCKLEY, BUT NOT ONLY. BECAUSE OF HIS PARENTS RECORD COLLECTION, BEN IS, HE ADMITS, "STILL FAIRY ADDICTED" TO ALL THE CLASSIC 60S AND 70S SINGER-SONGWRITERS, FROM JONI MITCHELL AND BOB DYLAN TO VAN MORRISON AND RICHIE HAVENS. AT ONLY 23, HE IS SOMETHING OF AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR WHIZ, HAVING MASTERED THE ART OF STRUMMING, PLUCKING AND HAMMERING THE INSTRUMENT FOR RHYTHMIC PURPOSES. LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH HIS BAND - INDIA ON CELLO, AND CHRIS ON BASS AND DRUMS - HAS MADE THEM A CLOSE KNIT UNIT, AND GIVEN THEM ALL A HEIGHTENED "AWARENESS OF SOUND". DARK AND ALLURING ON TAPE, AND CREATING THIS UNIQUE LIVE STORY BEFORE THE STORYS TRULY YET BEGUN, BEN HOWARD HARKS BACK TO A CLASSIC AND COMFORTING TIME OF OLD, ALBEIT WITH A FORWARD-THINKING METHOD OF GUITAR PERFORMANCE. SPRING IS AFOOT, AND OLD PINE IS A TIMELY BREATHE OF FRESH AIR.