{"id":5555,"date":"2017-03-22T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T09:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harpblog.info\/?p=5555"},"modified":"2017-06-29T08:32:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T08:32:56","slug":"1-man-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/1-man-band\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Man Band: new album from Ben Creighton Griffiths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffmusicawards.co.uk\/#awards-categories\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Live Act at the Cardiff Music Awards\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/benbestliveact.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We have long been big fans of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjcg.co.uk\">Ben Creighton Griffiths<\/a>. \u00a0He&#8217;s now up for &#8216;Best Live Act&#8217; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffmusicawards.co.uk\">Cardiff Music Awards<\/a>! Voting is now open <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffmusicawards.co.uk\/#awards-categories\">here<\/a>; Cardiff-based readers can also buy tickets to the awards ceremony on March 30th.<\/p>\n<p>Ben has also just released a new CD: 1 Man Band. Ben has been working a lot with his blue harp, synths and keys, creating a whole band while often remaining the only performer. We have enjoyed these sets several times &#8211; in Cambridge, Prague, \u00a0Cardiff and Utrecht, to name but a few &#8211; and now you can buy the album. &#8220;For this recording, I was not aiming to make a harp CD, a jazz CD or even a jazz harp CD&#8221;, Ben explains. &#8220;1 Man Band is a snapshot of where I am at this point in my development as a musicians &#8211; a showcase of what I&#8217;m enjoying doing at this moment in time&#8230;I&#8217;ve taken blends of some genres that I love (like gypsy jazz, reggae and funk), utilised both electronic and acoustic music, and included a variety of different tones and timbres reflecting the live music I perform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/a0683_200px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/a0683_200px.jpg\" alt=\"1 Man Band\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/a0683_200px.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/03\/a0683_200px-55x50.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>1 Man Band is largely a solo disc, but Ben is joined by Matthew Williams on percussion and drums for the final track on the album: &#8216;The Station&#8217;, composed by Ben and Matthew together. &#8220;While this track belongs to another project that is currently in the works, I wanted to provide it as a preview. My great friend Matthew Williams and I have created a group called Chube &#8211; rather than being a regular band, our aim is to be the nucleus of a group of like-minded musicians writing, arranging and recording tracks together. This group-based work is something that I feel will give me more opportunities as a composer as well as a performer, and we look forward to developing the project during 2017.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>1 Man Band is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjcg.co.uk\/pages\/benjamming.htm\">Ben&#8217;s own e-store<\/a> &#8211; and of course, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpes-camac-boutique.net\/product_info.php?products_id=3746\">Camac online boutique<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great new CD, AND nominated for Best Live Act at the CMA at the end of March. 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