Ben Howard

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Benjamin John Howard was born 24 April 1987 and is an English singer-songwriter, born in West London. He moved to Totnes, Devon when he was 8 years old. Howard was raised by musical parents who exposed him to several of their favourite records from singersongwriter artists from the 1960s and 1970s including Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, by whom he was strongly influenced. Howard began writing songs at a young age. In an interview with American Songwriter, he stated that "When I was a kid I started playing guitar because I liked to put words together and make stuff up. I was quite an imaginative little kid I guess. So your standard little love songs turned into your standard adolescent love songs. I think you start getting your own take on things when youre a late teen. Thats when everything Master subtitle style changes."After a short stint studying Journalism at University College Falmouth, Cornwall, Howard decided to focus on making music full time, making melodic rootsy folk music, with progressively darker lyrics. His reputation grew around Cornwall and Devon, and soon spread to other areas of the UK. After a month of sold-out dates across Europe and the UK Howard was eventually asked to sign for Island Records.

Early Life

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Bob dylan

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Joni Mitchell