Benji Kirkpatrick

Benji Kirkpatrick is a singer, songwriter and musician. A “fretboard wizard” (Time Out) of multiple stringed instruments – bouzouki, guitar, banjo, mandolin – he has been performing solo for over 25 years. As a key founder member of folk big band Bellowhead, Benji has enjoyed playing in front of large festival audiences as well appearances on the likes of Later... with Jools Holland. His latest solo album ‘In Phase’, released in autumn 2023, features all original songs written between 2020 and 2022.

Benji was one third of ‘bloke-folk’ trio, Faustus, along with Paul Sartin and Saul Rose, whose hard-hitting brand of English folk hammered its mark onto the scene until the untimely and tragic death of Paul in 2022.

Benji is a long-term collaborator with Seth Lakeman, featuring on the Seth's releases ‘Kitty Jay’, ‘Freedom Fields’, ‘Make Your Mark’ and latest release ‘The Granite Way’ and tours with Seth regularly.