Ben Parcell

Ben Parcell is an English singer songwriter, born and residing in Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire. Blending a mixture of folk and pop music he creates catchy, accessible songs. Via his record label By The Sea he has self recorded, produced and released a studio album, an E.P and two music videos, one which has made it onto UK Digital TV. Since going solo in 2010 he has played over 130 shows around the U.K supporting several established acts such as Alice Gold and Ben Marwood including appearing on BBC Introducing

Ben is a multi instrumentalist proficient in vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass, keyboards and drums, and has performed in bands since 2002.
Ben currently performs as a solo singer/songwriter in the U.K. He has played alongside established artists: Chris Helme of The Seahorses, Mark Morriss of The Bluetones, Ben Marwood, Alice Gold, Ryan Spendlove, Edwina Hayes, Jon Windle.
In 2010 he self produced and independently released his debut solo 10 track album “Humble Beginnings” as well as playing all the instruments on the limited edition pressing of 1000 CDs which has had several critically acclaimed reviews from respected publications.
2011 sees Ben's music take a slightly different direction, bringing more Folk influences into his repertoire. His new E.P 'Painted By Numbers' which is an acoustic affair features 4 tracks of stripped down organic sound featuring special guest Edwina Hayes on backing vocals. The E.P reached number 40 in the iTunes daily singer songwriter chart.
His debut music video 'Close Your Eyes' has been on regular rotation on UK TV when it was accepted for the playlist on Greatest Hits TV on Sky Digital as part of the Lava TV showcase and his 2nd video 'Stay In Touch' was shown by popular YouTube channel BlankTV.
His song 'The Only One' is featured on the benefit compilation 'Unity' for the Japan Tsunami Charity by Engineer Records which features mainstream acts such as The Gaslight Anthem, Fightstar and Funeral For a Friend.
Ben was invited by Alan Raw to play a live acoustic session on BBC Introducing as well as having his album and E.P tracks played regularly and recently made it onto the featured undiscovered artist of the week on Yorkshire Coast Radio.