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Ben Lee
Remember when Ben Lee was that precocious Aussie kid with the great record of folky pop songs on Grand Royal? Or when he was dating Claire Daines? Ancient history now, but if you were of a certain age at that time, they were sort of like the indie alpha couple. A lot has changed for Ben Lee over the years but he's still recording great songs and putting out carefully hand-crafted records.
His latest effort, Awake is the New Sleep, was released earlier this year and finds him a little older and wiser at the "ripe" old age of 26. And who would have guessed that the former wunderkind would have lasted so long in the music business? Awake is his 6th album and he's been writing songs since he was a teen; Lee has become one of those songwriters who toils away at creating catchy pop gems appreciated by a small but rabid audience, while the rest of the unwashed masses just mutter, "oh, him, right." Nonetheless, he appears more than content to simply put out his refreshingly unpretentious, sweet pop music and reach a willing and eager audience these days. And of course you can't talk about Ben Lee's long and solid career as a musician without mentioning the ever popular collaboration with those other Bens -- Folds and Kweller, in their side project known, appropriately enough, as The Bens.
Ben Lee - Begin
Ben Lee - No Room to Bleed
Ben Lee's offical website. Buy his latest album, Awake is the New Sleep, from Amazon.
Posted by Little Miss Rock'n'Roll at 03.10.05 at 1:22 AM
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