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Ben Robinson

























































         Maggie & Emily is an                https://open.spotify.com/al-        As his passion grew Robinson
         approximately five  minute song  bum/79QXtjX9yMqwWAM-                   tried his hand at writing his
         which follows a verse,              s276oBM                             own songs. He found that his
         chorus, verse structure featuring  www.robinsonoffical.co.uk            talents lay in social commentary
         rhythm and lead guitars and                                             and topical storytelling drawing
         lead vocal.                         Burnley based folk / popular        inspiration from his own life
                                             acoustic artist Robinson learned  and perspectives on issues
         It was written by Ben               his trade at an early age           within his community.
         Robinson in 2017 and was            listening to and mimicking
         recorded by Marc Gallagher,         classic music pioneers such as      Robinson hopes to reach new
         featuring lead guitarist Tom        James Taylor, Johnny Cash and       audiences and capture the
         Metcalfe. Licensed through          Bob Dylan. Later it was Irish       essence of the musical greats
         Maori Publishing/Confidential       bard Damien Dempsey and             who influenced him; whilst
         Records it is available at most     England’s own John Smith as         retaining his own blend of
         online outlets within the           well as the sublime songstresses    emotive storytelling.
         Triune EP. Trailer, EP and          Kate Rusby and Lisa Hannigan
         website available here,             that proved to be major
                                             influences upon his own
         https://www.youtube.com/            developing unique style.
         watch?v=x6fU7r0z5Ak



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