Benji Kirkpatrick (born 1976) is an English

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singer and musician, who plays guitar,

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

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 usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

. 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, t ...

, he was brought up in

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

. 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 style ...

and the

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band, he now performs as a solo artist and also as a member of both 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, and we ...

. He lives in

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply Leamington (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Priors, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century following ...

. Kirkpatrick's album of acoustic covers of

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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 – 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

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