Benjamin Francis Leftwich performs 'Maps' LIVE for BalconyTV London<br />Subscribe to us right now at http://bit.ly/15yj4oc<br /><br />'Like' us on Facebook - http://Facebook.com/balconytv<br />Follow us on Twitter - http://Twitter.com/balconytv<br /><br />BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH - MAPS<br /><br />INTERVIEW AND SESSION FILMED FOR BALCONY TV LONDON<br />PRESENTED BY IVAN BERRY<br />PRODUCED BY VIDEO-BOX<br /><br />Singer-songwriter' is not a term embraced by many musicians. Too often the phrase is used to denote generic clichés, excessive emotional angst or middle-of-the-road blandness. But 21-year-old Benjamin Francis Leftwich feels it's far from insulting; 'My songs are personal and acoustic guitar based so why not? I am a singer-song-writer.' With influences including Elliot Smith, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Ryan Adams, Sigur Ros and Bruce Springsteen, his floaty, melancholic vocals and deft finger-picking lie somewhere between Jose Gonzales and Iron and Wine.<br />'A Million Miles Out', Benjamin Francis Leftwich's debut EP will be released on October 25th through Dirty Hit. Produced by Ian Grimble (Mumford & Sons, Manic Street Preachers, Siouxsie & The Banshees), it will be followed by a full length in March 2011. Although born and bred in York, Benjamin is of South African and Australian descent; he sees Sydney as a home-from-home and has been writing songs for the album there as well as in London.<br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/benjaminfrancisleftwich<br />http://www.video-box.co.uk/<br /><br />Tune in again tomorrow!!!
