Ben Carrigan releases his debut album The Greatest Narrators on Friday 23rd September 2011. Ahead of that, a free download single “You Knew It All Along” will be available from 19th August.
"The Greatest Narrators celebrates a diverse collection of richly arranged pop songs and filmic scores that reflect my wide variety of musical tastes and styles".
"I always loved classical music and jazz and only later came to pop music. I've also always loved soundtracks. For me, I guess this album is a way of bringing all my favourite elements together".
Dublin multi-instrementalist Ben, is a founding member of The Thrills. After the band signed to Virigin in 2002, Ben spent the next 6 years touring the world and playing with the likes of REM, The Rolling Stones, U2, Morrissey, Oasis and Bob Dylan.
Ben began playing piano, guitar and drums from an early age and after leaving school went on to study at Newpark Music Centre under the instruction of renowned jazz musician and composer Ronan Guilfoyle. Then it was onto the Cork School of Music where he studied classical percussion. He frequently appeared with The Cork School Of Music Jazz Big Band and other ensembles at The Cork Jazz Festival. During this time, Ben was awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee School Of Music in Boston and later to The Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague.
The album launch takes place in Dublin’s Sugar Club on Wednesday September 28th.
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