TWICKENHAM: Twickfolk @ The Cabbage Patch Pub

Sunday 10th May, 2015

7:45pm

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Ben Bedford draws on American history for many of his songs, which have have a strong sense of time and place.

Ben’s songs tackle scenarios including homelessness, the plight of a Confederate soldier’s wife during the American Civil War, the aerial triumphs of Amelia Earhart, the life of Jack London, the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, John the Baptist, the poet Vachel Lindsay and the 1973 standoff between members of The American Indian Movement and federal agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. His songs are rich in sensory detail which allows the listener to hear, see and feel each narrative.

His three albums have charted highly on the Euro Americana charts and the Folk-DJ charts, with his third album, What We Lost, also charting highly on the Roots Music Report charts.

“Ben Bedford has proven himself to be a truly inspired and talented storyteller…”– Arthur Wood (Maverick).

“Beautiful and unusual songs that take the listener to the heart of the matter” – Diana Jones, singer-songwriter

"...with echoes too of Paul Simon's soulful songcraft and Loudon Wainwright's narrative force" – Sue Wilson, The Scotsman

“The Illinois songwriter is a masterful storyteller who can turn what seem like obscure historical references for engaging tales rife with vivid, stark imagery” – Erik Ernst, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

67 London Road
Twickenham
Middlesex
TW1 3SZ

www.twickfolk.co.uk