A catalogue of my songs from over the years.

Officially released original solo & Jukebox Gypsy songs.

Union Hymn

Ten Butterflies

Variation/Improvisational piece based around Finbar Furey`s melody "The Lonesome Boatman". I Recorded this in one take at Northern lights music Newcastle. The piece is played on treble and descant recorders.

The Boatman departure (Recorder solo)

Live At Levis Corner House

The Life Or Near Death of Jacques Trieste (An Irregular Ode To The Collective Unconsciousness)

Waves

Live

Limelight

Waters edge

A song about walking around London...kind of!

London Chimes

A song about being marooned in your home town in your late teens/early twenties! 

Northern Lights

I Never Thought I'd See Myself (A

Subterranean Homesick Blues (Out take)

Title track from Jukebox Gypsy 2nd Album.

Live At The Bog Lane Theatre

The Month (Live @Bog Lane Theatre)

Book Of Love (acoustic)

Written for my brothers wedding in Madrid

Ben Blance & Jukebox Gypsy

Spanish wedding song (2007)

"Slipstream" a song written with Oli Nazer recorded in Manchester

Nothing Left To  (2001)

"Slipstream" song written with Tom Whitaker

Yesterdays News (2001)

How It All Begins (Knights Of Passion)

Jaded Skin (Live 2000)

Written with tom whitaker for Knights of Passion 2000

Out Of Time (2000)

Song by Oliver nazer with Tom whitaker on Vocals me on Bass!

Talked

Talked (2000)

Standing In A Wasteland (2000)

Hilda's Demos

Rising - Of - The - Son (2015)

Improvisation#4

Featuring Isaac Tabor, Johanna Hillebrand, Bean Dolan & Paul smith.
Download album "These Days Will Pass" from Northern Lights music.. http://www.northernlightsmusic.biz/?page_id=528

The Waiting game

Spinning Wheel

Featuring Emily Barden, Ali Raey & Marty Craggs

Gypsy moon

Lady Barbarella

Featuring Hannah rickard,  Emily Barden and Paul Smith

So tired of living out of love.

Inspired by the trial of the Rosenbergs in the 1950`s

Waltzing Down the Aisle at Sing Sing

Water

Over the Mountian

1947 Silverside (The Bus song)

Ben Blance is originally from Hexham in the North East of England, he has been a solo artist since 2002. His songs have been featured numerous times on BBC and RTE stations and showcases.He has performed extensively around Ireland and Europe with the eclectic folk group Jukebox Gypsy building a huge cult fan base .Highlights include slots at Electric picnic, Oxygen, Body&soul  and Clonakilty International guitar festivals. Jukebox gypsy recorded three critically acclaimed albums and were a mainstay on the Folk circuit in southern Ireland for a decade. Recently The Gypsies have just released a second Live album recorded over two days at Levis`s corner house Ballydehob, West Cork Ireland.
Ben has also released three solo albums for North east labels Different sky and Northern lights records and a collection of his songs can be found on Soundcloud, Spotify and Itunes. Ben has a degree in music from the University of Liverpool, a performance diploma in the Recorder from Trinity College and an MA in Music Psychotherapy from the University of South Wales in Cardiff. He currently lives in London works as a Music Therapist and has recently formed folk duo Absynthe Father.

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