Ben Sollee just tossed up a new video and download of his song “Hurting” off his upcoming fall 2012 album. Download it now at Ben Sollee’s web site

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Jim James, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore just announced a Kentuckians for the Commonwealth benefit show at the Brown Theater in December. I really enjoyed their show at the Lexington Opera House last year, so this is a great opportunity to catch that show if you missed it the first time. Jim James, Ben [...]

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Please excuse me for being inexcusably late with my concert reviews. Here’s one of Ben Sollee’s show at the Kentucky Theater. It’s hard to decide what was probably the bigger moment for Ben Sollee: an opening gig for My Morning Jacket in front of thousands of potential fans, or this headlining gig at the Kentucky [...]

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It’s been so long since I was compelled to say where a show ranks among my all-time favorites that I feel I can safely say this while still in the afterglow of last night’s show: My Morning Jacket’s performance at the Louisville Palace is the best show I’ve seen to date. I’ve seen My Morning [...]

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Ben’s kept busy ever since he left our fair state. Here he is performing “Captivity” for the Subway Sessions. If nothing else, it’s worth watching for Ben’s ability to hold the cello off the floor for the entire song. Ben’s also giving away a free remix. Just go like him on Facebook to snag that.

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Ben Sollee’s got a pretty busy day ahead of him today. First he’s heading to CD Central to play a free instore at noon. At night, he’s playing a big show at the Kentucky theater. Ben Sollee at CD Central 12pm | All Ages | FREE and Ben Sollee the Kentucky Theater 9pm | $20 [...]

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During a sublimely transcendent moment of “Dondante” in My Morning Jacket’s Lexington show, I inhaled strongly and sucked a cough drop quickly into my throat. In the instant I thought “Can I breathe?” I hadn’t recovered enough to really know the answer. Assuming the worst, I realized that — should I have to die before [...]

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I feel that over the next year or so, it’ll be hard for me to avoid slipping into the cliche “look how far Ben Sollee has come” rut when talking about his staggeringly great live shows in front of increasingly large audiences. Of course, me falling into the “remember when” pattern with Ben is kind [...]

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I am all about Lexington loving Lexington — and really this love is four layers deep if you include me in there. Lexingtonian Ben Sollee enlisted his neighbors Robert Beatty (Hair Police) and Coleman Guyon (Trailblazer) to whip up a music video for his song “Electrified” off his upcoming record Inclusions. It’s a really interesting [...]

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