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• A Blaze of Feather • India Bourne • Nat Wason • Mickey Smith • Kyle Keegan • Richard Thomas • Chris Bond • Andrew 'Bear' Bond • Website Benjamin John ' Ben' Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He self-released his debut EP Games in the Dark (2008) followed by two more EPs, (2009) and (2010). He is currently signed to and. His major debut studio album came in 2011 titled followed by two more EP releases, Ben Howard Live (2011) and (2012).
At the he received the for British Male Solo Artist. He performed at 2013 festival on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday 29 June. He released his second studio album,, in October 2014. As of 2017, he is a member of the band A Blaze of Feather with India Bourne, Mickey Smith, Nat Wason, Rich Thomas and Kyle Keegan.
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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Benjamin John Howard was born on 24 April 1987 in,, England, and moved near, when he was about eight. He was raised by musical parents who exposed him to their favourite records from singer-songwriter artists from the 1960s and 1970s at an early age, such as,, and, by whom he was strongly influenced. Howard began writing songs when he was eleven. In an interview with, he stated that when he was a kid he started playing guitar because he liked to put words together and make stuff up.
'I was quite an imaginative little kid I guess. So your standard little love songs turned into your standard adolescent love songs.
I think you start getting your own take on things when you're a late teen. That's when everything changes.' Besides playing the guitar, Howard also played other instruments as a kid. He easily picked up the drums and contrabass, but after some time he decided to focus on the guitar.
After attending and he began studying Journalism at, Cornwall. Six months prior to completion of his course, Howard decided to focus on making music full-time, making melodic rootsy music, with progressively darker lyrics. His reputation grew around Cornwall and Devon, and soon spread to other areas of the UK. After a month of sold-out dates across Europe and the UK Howard was eventually asked to sign for Island Records. Due to his association with the town, Howard was chosen in 2014 to appear on the 10 note. Music career [ ] 2008–11: Early releases [ ] Before signing to a record label, Howard had already released some material. In 2008 he self-released his debut EP Games in the Dark.
His first major release was, an EP featuring six tracks, including '. In 2010, Ben Howard released the, followed by a number of singles, such as ' and '. Howard now had enough material to release an album,, which would feature a number of his previous singles. One of the songs from this album, 'Promise' was used in the first episode of.
2011–13: Every Kingdom [ ] Howard signed to Island Records in 2011, due to the label's history of, including and. After singles 'Old Pine' and ' were released in 2011, Howard recorded his debut album entitled, which was released on 3 October 2011. He was nominated for the 2012. Howard worked alongside India Bourne and Chris Bond to make Every Kingdom, with Bourne playing cello, keyboards, ukulele, bass and contributing vocals and percussion and Bond playing guitars, bass, double bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, accordion, contributing to vocals, and also producing the record.
He also toured with Bourne and Bond on his 2012 Every Kingdom tour, with support from. In 2012, Howard launched his music in America with Every Kingdom being released on 3 April 2012, and appearances at (SXSW) in Texas and a US tour confirmed. His song 'Promise' was featured at the end of season 8, episode 12 of TV show. In May 2012, Howard performed 'The Wolves' on. He played at Pinkpop in the Netherlands on 26 May and in Hackney on 24 June 2012. He also played at the in, the 2012 music festival in Scotland, as well as 2012 in South Wales, and 2012. Howard also played a slot at the in October 2012.
In November 2012, Howard released produced by Chris Bond, which featured four new tracks. Once again released to critical acclaim, [ ] the EP had a darker, more menacing tone than most of Howard's previous work, with Howard also playing electric guitar, rather than his traditional acoustic. The second track from the EP, 'Oats in the Water', was featured in, the 5th episode in Season 4 of AMC's, in the 1st episode in season 3 of Fox's, and in the release trailer for. In 2014, the song 'Promise' from the album Every Kingdom featured in the USA Network drama, Season 3 Episode 11, 'Buried Secrets' along with The CW drama Reign Season 1 Episode 10, 'Sacrifice'. Ben Howard played on the main Pyramid Stage at, on Saturday 29 June 2013, in which he played five tracks from Every Kingdom. He also played on the Other Stage during Glastonbury Festival 2015.
2014: I Forget Where We Were [ ] In 2014, Howard headlined the inaugural Somersault Festival, based in North Devon, with other artists such as. On 5 August 2014, Howard's first single 'End of the Affair' from his second album was played on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 and Danielle Perry's XFM show. On 18 August 2014 Howard announced the title of his second album, I Forget Where We Were on Zane Lowe's show on Radio 1 whilst releasing the title track from the record at the same time. On 26 October 'I Forget Where We Were' became number 26 in the UK Official Albums Chart. On 6 April 2015, Howard announced a short string of tour dates in the US with English indie folk band as support. Awards and nominations [ ] BRIT Awards [ ] Howard has won both for which he has been nominated.
Year Recipient Nomination Result Himself British Breakthrough Act Won British Solo Male Artist Won Mercury Prize [ ] Howard has been nominated once for the. Year Recipient Nomination Result 2012 Album of the Year Nominated Ivor Novello Awards [ ] Howard has been nominated once for the. He was also nominated for best song with I forget where we were at the 2015 Ivor Novello awards.
Year Recipient Nomination Result 2013 Album of the Year Nominated Discography [ ]. Main article: • (2011) • (2012) • (2014) Guitar style [ ] Howard plays guitar left-handed and makes extensive use of alternate tunings, such as CGCGGC (Old Pine, Everything), DADF#AD (In Dreams) and CFA#D#GC (End of the Affair). He also complements these unusual tunings by using a partial capo for many songs (Further Away, Everything, End of the Affair) in order to use harmonic or bass notes otherwise unavailable. He also has a distinctive percussive strumming style, called the 'pick and go', and Howard's method of laying the guitar flat on top of his knees and playing it percussively was influenced by contemporary folk songwriter and guitarist. References [ ]. Torrent Turnitin Software.
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