Check out Benji Hughes

How Many Birds from A little Extreme Ep
This came from kcrw.com


His amazing debut is a double album, 25 track album "A Love Extreme" will be out July 22nd released on New West Records. This is something not to be missed!!!. He covers alot of ground here. He's one of North Carolina's best songwriters & voice. I was once an Artist/Writer at Witzen's Gallery in Charlotte,N.C. in the late 90's and saw Benji perform a solo set on an old,out of tune upright piano and it was truly moving. Artist without ego, melody & humor firmly in his grasp. An entertainer which never fails to impress(IMHO).

He is on tour now with Rilo Kiley. Benji will be making a solo stop in Charlotte on June 13th at Snug Harbor. Hope to see you there!

You can also see Benji Hughes "Girl in the Tower" video from Love Extreme. As well as other videos of him. I've loved his work going back to his previous bands; my favorite Muscadine and also The Golden Rods. You can find Muscadine's cd "Ballad of Hope Nicholls" from 1997 at Amazon. Benji Hughes & Jonathan Wilson (his myspace)were the main songwriters in that band but Trey (drums) & Matt (Bass) were also the backbone to a well-oiled musical machine. It is an incredible cd, ahead of their time and not promoted properly.I've seen them live countless times. They should have been HUGE. You can see some videos of Muscadine on youtube.

Keep your ear to the blogsphere,hopefully you'll be hearing alot more about Benji Hughes...
http://www.myspace.com/benjihughes



All the best to you & yours,
sleepmonk