Music Review: Ben Hammond

As many of my readers are aware already, I download a lot of music from Jamendo. It is a case of hit and miss most of the time, but yesterday I happened upon Ben Hammond, a very talented roving musician. He has two beautiful albums on Jamendo, [Reasonably] Honest features two tracks, whilst the No History Sessions EP has an offering of four tracks. I listened to [Reasonably] Honest first and was surprised by his smooth voice reminiscent of a young Stevie Wonder if he was merged with the likes of Michael Buble, acoustic work that rivals any high profile guitarist, high quality recording and editing. This was carried through to the other album as well, though it considered more mainstream pop than the previous. Some people might consider this a bad thing, but much of what pop music lacks in recent times is the credibility that an independent artist brings to the table.