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BenKN and Friends

July 14th, 2010 | by Ben

BenKN and Friends play shows around New England

Ben's fantasy ride to VT.

I’m excited to announce that I will be embarking on a solo mini-tour around New England next week! For some shows, I’ll be performing with my good friends The Pleasants and Let’s Get Married. I’ll also have new silkscreen artwork to show (printing it as I write this – I’ll post images next week)!

Also, this weekend is Solar Fest – a solar powered art and music festival in Tinmouth, VT. This will be my 3rd year there and I can see it being a Karis-Nix tradition for many years to come…. this year I’m performing in addition to showing art and clothing designs!

Complete show information at the bottom of this page or available at www.benkn.com

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My Friend’s Amazing Clothing Line – Stay Vocal

For those who haven’t heard from me about this yet, my buddy Alex just launched a new website for his clothing line. Really inspiring!

Check it out at www.stayvocal.com

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Other News around Albany, NY:

Sea of Trees CD Release / WEXT Birthday!

@ Valentine’s, Albany, NY – Saturday, July 17

Double whammy! w/ these guys who are also righteous: Sgt. Dunbar, The Rain in Spain, Barons in the Attic. More info here…

The Pleasants, the Red Lions, & Let’s Get Married

@ Valentine’s, Albany, NY - Sunday, July 18

My near and dear friends Amanda Rogers and Mike Matta have a beautiful new project. They call themselves the Pleasants. Sooo wonderful… they knocked my socks off a couple weeks ago when I saw them perform. I’m super proud and excited for those guys. *single tear*

They’ll be playing Valentine’s (Albany, NY) this Sunday night with…

… my buddy Tyler, who puts on the best shows in New Hampshire, with his outfit, Let’s Get Married. Let’s Get Married are awesome. I’d describe them as playful, lo-fi indie pop (along the lines of the Dead Milkmen) mixed with Vampire Weekend or the Strokes.

And then to heap perfection atop perfection, the Red Lions will also be bringing their ridiculously inspired talents to the bear on Sunday night. I had fun helping to shoot some video for them not too long ago and was reminded how amazing they are. Hope you can drop by on Sunday!

Take care,

BenKN

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Northeast Art and Music!

June 18th, 2010 | by Ben

Posted In: BenKN Blog

Greetings Northeast!

I just got back from my tour in Europe as a guest singer with the band, Arms and Sleepers. It was amazing… and not without it’s share of adventure. There’s some photos of the trip on my Facebook here … and a blog and some more pics the band posted here!

Also, hello to new people from this year’s LARAC festival! It was raining but you guys were undeterred, and are thereby dubbed “the champs.” Thanks for stopping by!

LARAC Festival 2010

Just wanted to send a couple quick notes about some upcoming shows.

Tomorrow night, I’ll be at the Troy Riverfest (Troy, NY) showing my clothing designs and painting on the sidewalk (can’t find a web link, but it’s a chalk drawing competition… what should I draw? Any ideas?)

…and then tomorrow night I’m performing with some good friends at

Red Square in Albany, NY! Music starts @ 8pm! It’s also a birthday show for our friend Becca so there’s free cake – open to all!

Here’s a link to download songs for free! (Free for one more week!)

Then next weekend at Art on Lark, also in Albany, I’ll have some new silkscreen poster art available. Come find me!

Here’s a list of shows and art events currently on the books:

Rock!