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Benjamin Wetherill

CLIFF RICHARD OF FOLK

About Me



"...Wetherill mixes traditional songs with haunting originals and veers between straight-up gritty folk and ethereal psychedelia. His voice possesses a fragile quality, somehow not of this era but also fresh sounding. Though acoustic folk is hardly a new concept, it is very difficult to think of any particular artist he is imitating" Sandman

'The Derby Ram' / 'I would Love To' 7" single (February 2008)
"...like a nervous dandy being chased by a brass band" Timeout
£3.00 plus £1 postage (uk), £2 postage (rest of world)

MP3s Online

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Music:

Member Since: 6/22/2005
Band Website: benjaminwetherill.co.uk
Influences: Noel Coward, Vladimir Nabokov, Billie Holiday, George Formby, Fred Astaire, Scott Joplin, Sidney Bechet, John Renbourn, The Soft Machine, David Lynch, AL Lloyd, John Jacob Niles...
Sounds Like: ""...like a nervous dandy being chased by a brass band" Timeout
Record Label: Ba Da Bing! / Red Deer Club / On The Bone
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Radio 1 album exclusive :::April 9th

Hello, Work on my forthcoming album has finally been completed, it will be released mid-june on Red Deer Club (UK) and Ba Da Bing! Records (US). The album was recorded with the wonderful A Hawk &...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:24:00 PST

New ’On The Bone’ compilation out Monday 7th April

I have an exclusive new track featured on the new compilation from On The Bone Records in the form of a reed, organ and percussion-led jazz-melange interpretation of the traditional Irish song &rsquo...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:21:00 PST

’The Derby Ram’ single : online pre-order & reviews

Hello,    'The Derby Ram' / 'I Would Love To' 7" single is now available for pre-order from this page, www.benjaminwetherill.co.uk , or www.onthebonerecords.com . The single is rel...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:16:00 PST

Sandman feature

A feature from the February edition of Sandman Magazine, UK, written by Duncan Evans: In recent years, there has been talk in various circles of a 'folk revival'. With bands like Vetiver and the 0 Deg...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:57:00 PST

New Derby Ram single out 18th February 2008

Hello hello, I have a new single coming out on Leeds' wonderful 'On The Bone Records' in the New Year, the release being available on 7" Vinyl across the UK and from all major MP3 download sites from...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:29:00 PST

Mp3s

Hello, as both the 'Orange & Silver' / 'John Barleycorn'  7" single and the 'Press Gang' / 'Your Face, Lizaveta' cdr have now sold out I have made them fully available as mp3 downloads f...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:20:00 PST

End Of The Road Festival 2007

Afternoon,  I will be appearing at this years End Of The Road Festival, performing on the 'Local' Stage on Saturday around 9pm, there are not many tickets left, it should be a lovely weekend, bel...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:50:00 PST

Rio Grande

I have just updated with a recently unearthed recording of the sea shanty 'Bound for the Rio Grande' made in July last year . It features David Broad on mandolin and backing vocals with myself providi...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:19:00 PST

Leeds On The Bone Compilation

I have a newly recorded song featuring on the forthcoming cd compilation from On The Bone Records out 2nd February. The track is a newly arranged version of the traditional song 'He Rolled Her To...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST

The Press Gang / Your Face, Lizaveta CD-R available now

This two-track CD-R is limited to 250, all hand-printed, numbered...a slight departure musically from the usual, perhaps...available now from here, www.benjaminwetherill.co.uk or from live performance...
Posted by Benjamin Wetherill on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:11:00 PST