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About Me

Ben Pike is a singer/songwriter based in Leeds who plays soulful bluesy folk. Drawing heavily on influences such as Kelly Joe Phelps, Nick Drake, John Martyn etc. Ben has forged his own style of bluesy finger picked guitar and a subtle soulful voice. Ben is playing regularly in and around Leeds as well as venturing down to London from time to time.

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Member Since: 1/25/2006
Influences: well the music i listen to is stuff like; miles davis, madeleine peyroux, devendra banhart, nick drake, beth gibbons/portishead, stina nordenstam, bjork, grant green, lamb, django reindhart, donovan frakenreiter, john martyn, willy mason, elliot smith, ernest ranglin, gomez, joe pass, martin taylor, kelly joe phelps, skip james, massive attack, nina simone, dr john, richie havens, 13th floor elevators, mason jennings, vashti bunyan, st germaine, billy holiday.... the list goes on
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Hi folks,If you want to be on my mailing list please message me with your email address and/or mobile no.In return I’ll send you emails letting you know when I’m playing with gig details e...
Posted by Ben Pike on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:04:00 PST

Bright Young Things competition

I've just been selected to be in the 15 people for the Leeds BYT competition, sounds like a laugh and I get a free days recording! They're putting us on at some point at the Fav, will keep you posted,...
Posted by Ben Pike on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:45:00 PST