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Benjamin Booker
American musician (born 1989)
Benjamin Booker is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He cites the Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson and T.
Rex as influences. His music was described by the Chicago Tribune as "a raw brand of blues/boogie/soul", by The Independent as "frenzied guitar-strumming and raw, soulful vocals that are hair-raising in intensity", and by Spin as "bright, furious, explosive garage rock."
Benjamin Booker was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. His family relocated to Tampa, Florida, where he attended all-ages DIY punk shows as a teenager. He attended Orange Grove Middle School, a magnet school for the performing arts, followed by Hillsborough High School, where he studied in the International Baccalaureate Program. He then attended the University of Florida, Gainesville, studying journalism with intentions of going into music journalism. After college, he moved to New Orleans to work for a non-profit organization and began playing shows. He self-released the four-track EP Waiting Ones in 2012, a collection of "low-fi blues-influenced folk-punk recordings and handclap percussion" that gained the attention of music blog...
Benjamin Booker (born June 14, 1989 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Based in New Orleans, he cites The Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson, and T. Rex as influences. His music was described by the Chicago Tribune as "a raw brand of blues/boogie/soul," and by The Independent as "frenzied guitar-strumming and raw, soulful vocals that are hair-raising in intensity."
Also known as: 班傑明布克
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Liner notes
Benjamin Booker, the records, oldest first
Benjamin Booker
2014 album
on the air
Witness
2017 album
LOWER
2025 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
