Biography

Recent appearances have included the Edinburgh Festival, The Heart of Scotland Festival, Celtic Connections, Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Gainsborough Festival, Portpatrick Folk Festival, Isle of Jura Festival and Isle of Gigha Festival.

'A phenomenal player who takes you on a journey through many different styles and lands, while retaining a strong, modern Celtic feel to his work.' .... Peter MacCalman, Flipside Music Festival, Edinburgh

'he slips easily into the mould of say Martin Simpson' .... Folking.com

Spindrift has received enthusiastic reviews and airplay on radio and internet radio throughout the UK and in countries such as Russia, Poland, Spain, France, Israel, Hungary, Turkey, Canada, USA and Australia. Ben's record label Celtic Soul Music is a member of The Celtic Gathering, a group of record labels and musicians from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, working together to create a better future for independent music from Scotland.

Recordings to date:

Spindrift (2001)
An album of acoustic fingerstyle guitar music from Scotland, Ireland, Australia, England, Spain and the USA. Ben plays classical guitar, steel-string guitar, didgeridoo and bodhran. Guest appearances by Debra Carey on Celtic Harp and Nick Turner on Piano.

A Crofter's Heart (1999)
Ben features with the band Celtic Soul on this album of traditional Celtic music and songs. Recorded in Australia and features Ben Edom on steel-string guitar, classical guitar, didgeridoo, bodhran and vocals, Debra Carey on harp, aeolian harp, bodhran and vocals and Kit Howcroft on fiddle.