Benji Kirkpatrick (born 1976) is an English

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singer and musician, who plays guitar,

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', , from Greek , from Turkish ) is a musical instrument popular in West Asia (Syria, Iraq), Europe and Balkans (Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey). It is a member of the long-necked lute fam ...

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

and

tenor banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

. A son of folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and

Sue Harris Sue Harris is an English musician classically trained as an oboeist, but best known for her folk music performances with the hammered dulcimer. Biography Harris is fluent in reading and writing music and switched from her original instrument, ...

, he was brought up in

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

. Previously a member of

Bellowhead Bellowhead is an English contemporary folk band, active from 2004 to 2016, reforming in 2020. The eleven-piece act played traditional dance tunes, folk songs and shanties, with arrangements drawing inspiration from a wide range of musical sty ...

, Faustus and

Steeleye Span Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. The band were part of the 1970s British folk revival, ...

, he now performs as a solo artist and also as a member of the

Seth Lakeman Seth Bernard Lakeman (born 26 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who is most often associated with the fiddle and tenor guitar, but also plays the viola and banjo. Nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize ...

band. He lives in

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam (). (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Pri ...

. Kirkpatrick's album of acoustic covers of

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...

songs was released in 2015.

Discography

EPs

*''People'', EDJ Records – EDJ014, 2007

Albums

* ''Dance in the Shadow'', WildGoose Studios – WGS291CD, 1998 * ''Half a Fruit Pie'',

Fellside Recordings Fellside Recordings is a British independent record label, formed by Paul Adams and Linda Adams in 1976 in Workington, Cumbria, and still run by them. Paul Adams toured semi-professionally with the Barry Skinner Folk Group in his teens. He an ...

– FECD181, 2004 * ''Boomerang'',

Navigator Records Navigator Records is a small independent record label in the United Kingdom, specialising in folk and roots music. It is wholly owned by Proper Music Distribution and was launched in 2008. Musicians who have recorded on Navigator Records incl ...

– NAVIGATOR 2, 2007 * ''Hendrix Songs'', EDJ Records – EDJ020, 2015 * ''Gold Has Worn Away'', Westpark, 2019 * ''In Phase'', Hedgerow Recordings (UK), Westpark (EU), 2023

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkpatrick, Benji 1976 births Living people 21st-century English guitarists 21st-century English singers Bellowhead members British bouzouki players British mandolinists English banjoists English folk musicians English folk singers Faustus (band) members Music in Warwickshire Musicians from Shropshire Steeleye Span members