BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH - MAPS (BalconyTV)

Benjamin Francis Leftwich performs 'Maps' LIVE for BalconyTV London

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BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH - MAPS

INTERVIEW AND SESSION FILMED FOR BALCONY TV LONDON

PRESENTED BY IVAN BERRY

PRODUCED BY VIDEO-BOX

Singer-songwriter' is not a term embraced by many musicians. Too often the phrase is used to denote generic clichés, excessive emotional angst or middle-of-the-road blandness. But 21-year-old Benjamin Francis Leftwich feels it's far from insulting; 'My songs are personal and acoustic guitar based so why not? I am a singer-song-writer.' With influences including Elliot Smith, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros and Bruce Springsteen, his floaty, melancholic vocals and deft finger-picking lie somewhere between Jose Gonzales and Iron and Wine.

'A Million Miles Out', Benjamin Francis Leftwich's debut EP will be released on October 25th through Dirty Hit. Produced by Ian Grimble (Mumford & Sons, Manic Street Preachers, Siouxsie & The Banshees), it will be followed by a full length in March 2011. Although born and bred in York, Benjamin is of South African and Australian descent; he sees Sydney as a home-from-home and has been writing songs for the album there as well as in London.

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