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Cover Alert: Ben Sollee Re-Imagines Daft Punk’s ‘Lose Yourself to Dance’

Ryan Reed August 26, 2013 No Comments

Check out Sollee’s weirdly great twist on an electro-disco jam.

Ben Sollee Adds 2013 Tour Dates, Composes Song for Film ‘Killing Season’

Ryan Reed July 9, 2013 1 Comment

Kentucky-born folks don’t have too many national treasures (There’s the glorious Moonbow at Cumberland Falls, the original Kentucky Fried Chicken). But we do have Ben Sollee, the eclectic singer-songwriter-cellist-biker extraordinaire.

Forecastle Festival: Louisville, KY 07/13/2012 – 07/15/2012

Ashley Brumback July 18, 2012 No Comments

After taking a year off and joining forces with Bonnaroo producers AC Entertainment, the Forecastle Festival returned to Louisville’s Waterfront Park for its 10th anniversary. Initially a gathering of local

Ben Sollee Ditches The Van For Fall Tour

September 30, 2011 No Comments

Ben Sollee uses his voice and cello to tell stories with an awareness-raising bent while bridging connections to his community and fans. On October 27th, Sollee will embark on his

Ben Sollee: Inclusions

Peter Zimmerman July 19, 2011 No Comments

Throughout the entirety of Ben Sollee’s second solo album, Inclusions, there’s a struggle waged between genre, between metaphor and the literal, between engaging and utterly distancing. Over the course of the album’s eleven tracks, Sollee presents music that jumps between traditional pop/folk and atonal structures with the ease and whimsy of a single chord, revealing Inclusions’ central investigation of aesthetic pollination. If anything, it appears that Sollee desires to question the experience of listening to and identifying with music.

Tour Dates: Welcome To The Machine

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 17, 2010 No Comments

Last year, Gillian Welch’s longtime musical collaborator Dave Rawlings released his first solo album A Friend Of A Friend under the clever moniker – Dave Rawlings Machine. The album, which

Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore: Dear Companion

Bryan Rodgers April 21, 2010 No Comments

Superficially, Dear Companion appears to be a protest record, one with songs aimed squarely and angrily at the target – in this case, the horrifyingly irresponsible act of mountaintop removal coal mining. You can read all about the proceeds going to Appalachian Voices (an organization dedicated to stopping the practice) and about how three musicians from Kentucky – Daniel Martin Moore, Ben Sollee, and Jim James – came together to write about their love for their home state. But Dear Companion isn't full of the fire and brimstone you'd expect from musicians trying to make a point about a controversial issue. Instead, the record uses honey in place of vinegar, and the result is an experience with a broader worldview.