Erstwhile Gomez frontman Ben Ottewell was in town last week to play a solo show at The Tuning Fork. He also stopped in to The 13th Floor Studio to talk to Marty Duda and to perform three songs from his latest album, A Man Apart.
With his band Gomez on indefinite hiatus, gravelly-voiced Ben Ottewell carries on with his solo career. He’s just released his third album and, last night, he presented a good portion of that record to a live audience at Auckland’s Tuning Fork…his second solo show there in three years.
With his band Gomez on an extended hiatus, Ben Ottewell refuses to slow down, releasing his third solo album, A Man Apart just a few weeks ago and setting out on the road, with a show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork scheduled for Friday, June 23rd. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda chatted with the gravelly-voiced musician […]
Ben Ottewell (known for the distinctive voice in Mercury Award winning British band Gomez) has announced he will return to New Zealand this June, playing Wellington’s San Fran on Thursday, June 22, before Auckland’s Tuning Fork on Friday, June 23. Support for both shows will be a rare solo set from Buddy, lead singer of […]
Ben Ottewell is one of three singer-songwriters in Gomez (he’s the guy with the raspy voice). Ben has just released his first solo album entitled Shapes & Shadows. The 13th Floor spoke to Ben recently about the making of Shapes & Shadows and got some news about a new Gomez album in the process. […]