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After a chance meeting with Sire Records’ legendary Seymour Stein at a music conference in Australia, where American born Ben Fields had been living and working in a café, the aspiring singer and songwriter took a leap of faith. Stein had offered Fields his business card and told him to look him up if he was ever in NYC. Well, that was enough for Fields. He packed up his girlfriend, their dog, furniture and lives and moved to NYC. Fields showed up at Stein’s office with a 12-track album and the rest is history. Fields was signed to Sire in November 2012 and is currently putting the finishing touches on his debut full length, Extraordinary Light, which is slated to come out in early 2014. Ben Fields is bringing a style of introspective songwriting pioneered by artists like Nick Drake and Van Morrison back into the mainstream. A stylistic homogeny of Harry Nilsson, The Beatles, Curtis Mayfield, and Lowell George gives his most recent album Extraordinary Light a sound that defined an era. For his debut, Fields works with some of the finest including producer JC Hopkins [Norah Jones, Madeline Peyroux, Martha Wainwright], guest vocalist Jolie Holland and Warren Smith [Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Miles Davis]. Fields sets the tone of Extraordinary Light with 'Swede' - A John Lennon Songwriting Award winner. What’s clear from listening is that Fields has done his 'woodshedding:' His songs breathe, his voice is very much his own, and his album is respectful of the music he has listened to and played throughout his life. In his own words 'I believe craftsmanship is far from dead. And though I do not craft shoes, or bookcases... I do craft something that I believe will not fall to pieces in weeks, or months, or years. I craft songs to last a lifetime. These songs are born of my desire to reflect and share my ever changing understanding of the truth.'"

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One last #carselfie before I call this tour #cooked - so happy to be in the back of a yellow cab in this beautiful shitfight I call #home #brooklyn #nyc #tourlife #extraordinarylight #seeyanexttime (at J-Train Williamsburg bridge)

#tourlife #extraordinarylight #seeyanexttime #carselfie #cooked #brooklyn #nyc #home

#thankyou #extraordinarylight #tourlife #you #made #this #awesome

#tourlife #made #this #extraordinarylight #thankyou #you #awesome

There isn't a whole lot of #perfect shit in this world but this tune is. #spoon (at Denver International Airport)

#perfect #spoon

#borderland #tourlife #extraordinarylight #usa #mexico

#tourlife #extraordinarylight #mexico #usa #borderland

This abandoned #hotel had one room where #graffiti artists had spray painted all the furniture back on to the walls. (at Dead Cow Road)

#hotel #graffiti

What's even better than this amazing giant boot? The fact that this giant boot is in the back of my car right now. #boot #giant #amazing #losangeles

#giant #losangeles #boot #amazing

#dollarstore #losangeles #tourlife #extraordinarylight (at Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant)

#tourlife #extraordinarylight #losangeles #dollarstore

I've had such a good time playing this badass #es339 from @gibsonnewyork this tour... Tomorrow night #losangeles (at California - Los Angeles)

#losangeles #es339

#tonight in #sanfrancisco I'm at #thechapel in the #mission come hannnnnnnmgggggggg #tourlife #extraordinarylight (at Alcatraz Island)

#tourlife #thechapel #sanfrancisco #extraordinarylight #mission #tonight

YOURE NOT MY REAL DAD #millkcarton #donttellmewhattodo #orders #longdrive #bored (at Bourke Street Bakery)

#bored #millkcarton #orders #donttellmewhattodo #longdrive

Apparently, we're in Weed, CA. Hardly can imagine a more appropriate state to find such a town in. #California #weed (at Weed Safety Rest Area)

#california #weed

#portland I #love you (at B-Side Tavern)

#portland #love

#greenroom at the @dougfirlounge before my show tonight... This place is fucking great and so are you #portland (at Doug Fir Lounge)

#portland #greenroom

Yeah, I'm gonna miss soundcheck. #brba #breakingbadbinge #portland #dougfir (at Doug Fir Lounge)

#dougfir #portland #breakingbadbinge #brba

Just passed exit 108 - #sleaterkinney (at Sleater-Kinney)

More of this view today - VANCOUVER YOU ARE THE SHIT!!! Truly the finest Canadian city I've played on the west coast. Let's do it again, soon. #Vancouver #tourlife #extraordinarylight (at Medicine Bow National Forest)

#tourlife #extraordinarylight #vancouver

Ok #Oregon is just STUPID beautiful (at View Point)

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