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The great songwriter Guy Clark often referred to them as ‘workbench songs’. Songwriting is like that. Sitting alone at a bench, crafting words from endless possibilities. Adding melodies. Refining everything. Stitching it all together. Polishing the results. It’s a craft. The more you do the finer you become. Ben Walker follows in that tradition of hardworking, nuanced songwriters. Waiting for inspiration. Trying to manage that intangible combination of words and music. Many songwriters run out of inspiration. Many write the same song over and over. The best just get better. That’s what they do. Ben Walker keeps getting better. He’s been at this songwriting caper for a while now. He was pretty good when he started. But he’s a much finer songsmith these days. Is he folk? Is he country? Is he roots music? He’s all of those things - and none of them. Have a conversation with Ben and his songs. You’ll both be the better for the experience.