Composer and performer Benjamin Shaw lends a particularly unique voice to his compositions and projects. 

He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Composition from the University Of Rhode Island, studying from such incredible, diverse musicians as Eric Hofbauer, Joe Parillo, David Zinno, and Eliane Aberdam. There he also studied saxophone performance under Dr. Jared Sims. More recently, Shaw has been studying privately with internationally renowned composer Alla Cohen. Shaw has written for a wide range of ensembles and media - short film and animation scoring - spanning the breadth of musical diversity. While primary focused on jazz and 21st century classical music, he has shown equal proficiency in a range of disciplines and styles. Recently he received high marks for his String Quartet no. 1 and Solo Flute No. 1 from the IBLA Foundation in their 2018 and 2019 Grand Prize competitions, earning distinctions in the “Most Distinguished Musicians” category. 

As a performer, Shaw has played across the Northeast as a member of several different ensembles, spending time as both a leader and sideman. He plays saxophone and composes for several different jazz ensembles - ranging in size from duo to octet - in which he and his colleagues perform modern compositions in the jazz tradition. Shaw also writes and performs as a singer/songwriter where he digs into the uniqueness of American music and seeks to blend all its facets together for a rich experience where the sounds of old folk ballads and raging second line rhythms can be heard alongside lush jazz harmonies and contemporary styles, all with the craft of a honed musician. He was also the principal composer and lyricist, as well as vocalist and sax player, for Rhode Island based hip-hop/rock/R&B band Milkbread. Although the have since disbanded, the group released a couple of albums, collaborated with local artists, and worked with Converse Shoe’s Rubber Tracks to record and release a single, “Contiguous”.

Aside from being a performer, Shaw also organizes “Is This Jazz?” which hosts concerts around the city of Providence, RI presenting both local and international musicians exploring the outer limits of jazz. He is also a contributing writer to Motif Magazine, where he covers Rhode Island’s evolving jazz scene.

Shaw is excited to be a part of the growing New England arts community as a modern composer and performer.

New album "The Ballad of Dood & Juanita" out digitally & on CD August 20th & on vinyl December 3rd. Pre-order and pre-save here: https://orcd.co/doodandjuanita

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Leah Turner is the living version of a country song with a passion all its own. 

Her father, Don Turner, was a true-blue world champion rodeo star. In earlier days as a Coca Cola distributor, Don delivered a shipment to a deli where he first caught eyes with first generation Mexican American Susaña Galvan - a jewelry designer, artist and ballet dancer. 

From this American love story came a fiery Leah Turner, who first sat down to a piano at 3 years old and has since felt called to blend her Latin roots with the country music she creates - it was inevitable that all roads would eventually lead to Nashville. 

First discovered by GRAMMY Award-winning artist Kenny Loggins, who told her to pack up her stuff and move to L.A., Turner has partnered with multiple GRAMMY Award-winning producers Humberto Gatica and David Foster, and has toured or shared the stage with country stars Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Jake Owen, Rascal Flatts, Cole Swindell, and more. Her debut single “Take the Keys,” released in 2013, quickly climbed to aTop 40 spot on the Billboard Country chart and accrued over 3 million streams on Spotify alone. 

An accomplished songwriter, Turner has had cuts with Cody Purvis (“Drinkin’ Terms” - Top 50 on the Billboard Country chart), Kristy Lamb (“Bad Habit” - No. 1 in Australia), and Academy Award-nominated actor Jeremy Renner (“Never Sorry” and “My Type” from his 2020 EP, The Medicine). With the release of her upcoming EP Lost in Translation (due out October 15), Turner is truly embracing her heritage - as witnessed in the project’s first single, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico.” 

“Country music has always had a love affair with the Hispanic culture,” says Turner. “I’m just the product of a good old-fashioned country song and the American dream.”

hi. these are my demos. some of these tracks will be featured on upcoming album projects and others will only be here. sorry im bad about checking my messages  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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