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Monday, April 25, 2011

News Bridges, Browne spotlight Benji Hughes

Posted By on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:49 AM

I was reading Rolling Stone (April 28, 2011 edition) over the weekend, which is their Best of Rock 2011 Special Issue.

In it, there's a brief feature in which they ask Jackson Browne about the Best New Roots music. His response includes:

Benji Hughes, from North Carolina, is also an unbelievably good singer-songwriter. He looks like he stepped out of the back cover of an Allman Brothers record in 1975. He's wickedly funny but also utterly romantic. Music is just so alive and kicking under the radar right now.

Then I was reading the latest Esquire magazine, with Jeff Bridges on the cover, and it talks about Bridges spotlighting a few musicians that he really likes. The first one mentioned — Benji Hughes.

He sits behind his desk, starts up his Mac, and begins scrolling through music and movie files. He stops whenever he sees someone he likes — Benji Hughes, Bo Ramsey, Greg Brown, Johnny Goodwin, peeking out from between Johns Fogerty and Hammond. Then he finds what he's looking for. He presses play.

You can read the article here.

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