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Benita Johnson

LATEST EP "29th May" out now @ benitajohnson.co.uk

About Me

"STARS & FIREFLIES" EP OUT NOW ON NAPSTER, I-Tunes, Tunetribe :There are some artists that have a certain, something, a tone of vocal, an inflection that makes them distinct from those around them. Often they do not have the best voices, but there is something about the flaws that give them something lots of other artists don't have. Benita Johnson is just such an artist. She carries emotion on her voice so well. She could make turning twenty seem like the end of the world, similarly she could bring hope to the hopeless. She keeps it simple, but by doing so makes sure it matters.(Fatea Records)"'What is truly regrettable is how, as a musician, you tend to lose people as you go along. They want you to keep playing music that made them feel something once, something they think your old music will help them recapture. But really, if you are at all alive as an artist, you are somewhere else, other than where you were, almost constantly.'"Arveyda - quote from The Temple of My Familiar by ALICE WALKER

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/16/2006
Band Website: benitajohnson.co.uk
Band Members: Benita Johnson
Influences: Eddie Reader - Melissa Etheridge - Norah Jones - Tracey Chapman - Indigo Girls - Anastacia - Alanis Morisette - Muse - Jeff Buckley - Sting - Bessie Smith - Everything But The Girl - The Beautiful South - Joan Armatrading - Beth Orton - Kristin Hersh - KT Tunstall - Lucinda Williams - The Cure - Daniel Bedingfield - James Blunt - Nina Simone - Ani Di Franco - Eleanor McEvoy - Shakespeares Sister - Sheryl Crow ....
Sounds Like: hey! you tell me! i just write this stuff...
Record Label: EMU
Type of Label: None

My Blog

GIG FRIDAY 27TH JUNE

Smile you lucky people!! Not going to Glastonbury? Wish everyone would stop going the hell on about it? Well - now you can say "up yours!" cos on Friday night you get to stay dry from the toes up and...
Posted by Benita Johnson on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:42:00 PST

GIG THIS THURSDAY 12TH JUNE

 ...it's not exactly the live music capital of the universe but some very cool things are happening in Frome - so I'm told ... And one of them will be me!  ... in fairness The Olde Bath Arms...
Posted by Benita Johnson on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:56:00 PST

GIG FRIDAY

now i just love this cos one day i'm gonna be the one who gets to say: yeah, like, i've played the place with the WIERDEST name man!! John Sebastian Lightship - come on?! it's like Jefferson Starshi...
Posted by Benita Johnson on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:50:00 PST

BANDS PLZ READ

Now don’t get me wrong - I know we’re all here trying to do much the same thing, and that’s ok. MySpace is a tool that requires we make as many friends as possible & get ourselve...
Posted by Benita Johnson on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:25:00 PST

NEW EP!

WOO! NEW CD AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM www.benitajohnson.co.uk !! It's called "29th May"  (Thats the day it was born).   On my MySpace page "We're Okay" is taken from this CD. ...
Posted by Benita Johnson on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:44:00 PST

NEW WEBSITE

WOO! LOOK! NEW WEBSITE :) go here : http://www.benitajohnson.co.uk/ It's early days but it's pretty cool :) you can order Cds, download stuff etc so it's worth a look... message me & let me know ...
Posted by Benita Johnson on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:04:00 PST