Ben Spencer's Funeral

Ben Spencer's Funeral



"That's not a birthmark - it's just a lousy tattoo."



A travelling roadshow that's migrated from Alberta's big sky to Montreal's big heart, Ben Spencer's Funeral is ever an importer of sound and song. If pressure and time can turn rocks into diamonds, then these songs are a treasure trove, polished bright by haunted prairie winds and sharpened by blue winter nights. This is the soundtrack of an active mind and an open heart.



Never succumb to morbidity or despair. Funerals, after all, are the domain of the living.



Experience:



-Won a composition grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, spring 2008



-Showcased at NXNE in Toronto, 2007



-Festival Appearances: Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Montreal Fringe Festival, South Slave Friendship Festival (NWT), North Country Fair, South Country Fair, Regina City Folk Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Sasquatch Festival, Edmonton Songwriter's Festival, World Master's Games



-Was resident host of a bilingual workshop at the 'Edmonton Chante' French music festival for two years



-Served as producer, performer and engineer on his 2nd full-length release, Lynch the Mob, in 2005. This completely independent release charted (Top 30) at several college and community radio stations and was the Editor's Frontpage selection for CDBaby in May, 2005



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