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"After much hand-wringing, it hit me, 'Why not just do my favorite song?'" explains Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell.
Iron & Wine and Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell have teamed up to record a new covers EP, 'Making Good Time; check out the lead single, a version of Kendrick Lamar's chart-topping smash “Luther.” ...
This week's playlist includes Burial, Fcukers, IDLES, Hayley Williams, Roc Marciano & DJ Premier, Fleshwater, Geese, and more ...
Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses (Credit: David Gabriel) If anyone knows a thing or two about the ups and downs of touring, it’s Band of Horses leader Ben Bridwell.
Ten years ago, Ben Bridwell dropped out of high school in South Carolina, rambled to Arizona and followed musician friends to Seattle. He came here flat broke, with a sleeping bag on his back, and ...
The music that Sam Beam and Ben Bridwell both made in the early 'Oughts meant a lot to me, not because I was personally friends with them for a spell, but because as we entered the Bush-Cheney ...
Bridwell made an early appearance during My Morning Jacket’s 18-song set, joining James in a soul-stirring duet on “Wonderful (The Way I Feel),” a track from My Morning Jacket’s 2011 album ...
Ben Bridwell, Band of Horses’ frontman, is taken aback by the question, but then smiles. “No, thanks, I’m good. But thank you,” he says, turning to add, “Wow. That’s a first.” ...
Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses is chomping at the bit to be on the road again. The first concert of the band's tour — with opening act Dan Luke and the Raid — will be July 28 at Express Live.
But the painstaking care lead singer Ben Bridwell puts into them suggests a reference point — classic-era Beach Boys — that was there all along, if a little obscured by the group’s rootsy ...
Their latest EP, Making Good Time, is slated for release on Sept. 12 and leading the offering is a rendition of Kendrick ...
Sam Beam from Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell from Band Of Horses go way back. In 2015, the two childhood friends put out a ...