1. BBC Music
  2. Artists
  3. Brendan Benson

Brendan Benson

6music

Photo of Brendan Benson Brendan Benson

Biography

Brendan Benson (born November 14, 1970, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs.

Benson's major musical influences include The Cars, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul McCartney, Joe Jackson, The Who, Dramarama, and Todd Rundgren.

Benson and his wife Brittany (née Harris) currently live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Read more at Wikipedia...

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia. Find out more about our use of this data .

Links & Information

Links

Member Of

BBC Reviews Really Simple Syndication

  1. My Old, Familiar Friend 2009

    My Old Familiar Friend

    Reviewed by Colin Irwin

    A noble attempt to merge spiky, unassuming indie into joyous vintage pop.

  2. The Alternative To Love 2005

    The Alternative to Love

    Reviewed by Rod Thomas

    Shifting between rhythms, styles and tones, Brendan creates a sparkling collection of...

Credits

Role Artist Release
Producer The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely (2008)
Producer The Raconteurs Hands (2006)
Recording The Raconteurs Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Producer The Greenhornes East Grand Blues (2005)
Credits comes from MusicBrainz. You can add or edit information about Brendan Benson at musicbrainz.org. Find out more about our use of this data .

Played By

Since December 2008

  1. New and classic tracks from established artists, young groups and unsigned bands

    Steve Lamacq BBC 6 Music

  2. Music, entertainment, games and guests wth Cerys Matthews

    Cerys on 6 BBC 6 Music

  3. Live music round-up, with new and classic live tracks and events information

    George Lamb BBC 6 Music

  4. Dermot O'Leary presents live music sessions from new and emerging bands

    Dermot O'Leary BBC Radio 2

  5. Irreverent music lover Shaun serves up music, features and entertainment

    Shaun Keaveny BBC 6 Music

  6. Classic and cutting-edge music, with live sessions and archive performances

    Marc Riley BBC 6 Music

  7. Jools Holland brings together hot, legendary and relatively unknown artists in performance

    Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two

Information displayed about artists played on BBC programmes is incomplete at present. Find out more about this artist play count information.

Played On

Since December 2008

  1. BBC 6 Music 100%

  2. BBC Radio 2 14%

  3. BBC Two 4%

Information displayed about artists played on BBC radio networks is incomplete at present. Find out more about this artist play count information.

Explore the BBC

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.