Stephen Bennett

About Stephen Bennett

Whether playing his great-grandfather's harp guitar, his 1930 National Steel or a standard 6-string, Stephen Bennett is a musician to hear. His playing has won awards and critical praise. In live performance and on record, his diverse musical influences and interests are joined with a lifelong love affair with the sound of guitar strings.

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SB now available on CD

October 28th, 2023

Because people asked for it, I did a small run of CDs for my most recent album (which is entitled SB). If you’d like a copy, send me $20 via PayPal and I’ll send it to you. My address at PayPal is sb@harpguitar.com. If the CD is to be sent somewhere in the US, that is. If you need it to be sent to another country, then send me an email (at sb@harpguitar.com) and we’ll figure it out.

Also — my next album project has left my hands and is now being mixed by Kim Person. It’s a project with my friend Stephen Bennett, the one with a British accent. It’s called Buy One Get One and it’s turned out quite nicely! I play all the instruments (mostly guitars, of course) and we both sing on it. There are 10 original songs on it. Coming soon!

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SB Christmas Guitar Concert

October 28th, 2023

Friday, December 22 @ 7:30 PM (doors open @ 7)
The Center on Main – 103 Main Street, Falls Village CT
$20 admission at the door (kids under 12 free)
Proceeds to benefit Fishes & Loaves food pantry, Canaan CT


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My new album is out!

August 26th, 2023

Greetings to all who happen upon this digital place. My new album is called SB and it’s now out in the world. There are 13 tracks on it, 10 of which are my compositions, as well as 3 covers. You can read the album’s liner notes here if you’re interested. The music is now up on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, YouTube, etc. Go listen! Maybe download it.

This will be a digital release only BUT if there are enough people interested in having a CD, I will do a small run of those as well. Send me an email if you want to get on that list.

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Mr. Zelenskyy

May 18th, 2023

My tune in honor of this rare leader has now been uploaded into the digital distribution network and is now live on several of the various music streaming/downloading platforms in the coming days. As of today, it’s live on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music, as well as on YouTube.

I was joined by my friend Alex Lifeson (from Rush) and also by a drummer and bassist – Ty Dennis and Angelo Barbera, respectively, both of whom were terrific. These three guys added so much! Kim Person did a fantastic job mixing the music. Gregg Lukens was the lead mastering engineer and did a beautiful job as well. To quote my friend with the same name as me, the mix manages “to sound intimate and epic at the same time”. Stephen’s right, it does!

Proceeds from the streaming and downloading of this tune will go to support Ukrainian relief efforts. If you like Mr. Zelenskyy, please help spread the word about it. Some links are below. Thanks!

Apple Music

Spotify

Amazon

YouTube

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