Finger Lakes folk musician Ben Haravitch, aka Benny Bleu, does away with words entirely on his new banjo-centric album.
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Benny Bleu’s new album takes solace in simple folk tunes
“Swatting the Flies” is an introspective follow-up to “Warm Prickly,” but Benny Bleu’s joy in folk music remains.
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Bluegrass specialists Benny Bleu and Max Flansburg team up for Sunday livestream
Two of the Finger Lakes region’s top bluegrass musicians, Max Flansburg and Ben Haravitch, will collaborate in a live-streamed concert this Sunday.
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The Crawdiddies play ‘Front Row at Bop Shop Records’
On Dec. 4, Rochester roots band The Crawdaddies bring its take on deep Delta blues and heartwarming Americana to a virtual show at Bop Shop.
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Local Music Quarantine Challenge yields three attempts at ‘Serenity’
Jackson Cavalier has challenged Rochester musicians to cover each other’s songs during the pandemic. Interestingly, Benny Bleu’s “Serenity Song” is the only one to be covered twice.
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Benny Bleu completes August residency at The Little
Ben Haravitch, a.k.a. Benny Bleu, is a local singer-songwriter, banjo teacher, mobile recording engineer, and ultimately a modern-day folk storyteller. He’s in the middle of a month-long residency at The Little Theatre Café, with upcoming shows on August 22 and 29.
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Album review: ‘Warm Prickly’
Benny Bleu ‘Warm Prickly’ Self-released bennybleu.bandcamp.com It sounds like I’m lying when I tell you a performance or record from Benny Bleu, a k a Ben Haravitch, features the entire Hochstein School of Music’s banjo faculty. That’s because he’s the only one there. Though Haravitch spends a lot of time solo on his new CD […]
