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Ben Howard
Born and raised in Totnes, Devon, singer-songwriter Ben Howard (24 April 1987)
spent his youth writing songs and surfing the local beaches. Taking a journalism
degree at nearby Newquay, he started performing for his surfer mates and soon
built a reputation that quickly spread by word of mouth across the UK thanks to
a number of self-released EPs. Quitting his studies early, he signed to Island
Records and developed his acoustic strumming into percussive rhythms and heady,
beachy melodies as he became inspired by dark, poetic folk legends such as John
Martyn, Cat Stevens and Nick ...
