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Ben Lee

Australian Singer · Songwriter 3 albums picked

Benjamin Michael Lee is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but he focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake (2003).

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Ep #238 ·
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What Ben Lee said · 3 records

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1966
Karen Dalton ·2012
"I loved that one record that... it was so heartbreaking and I still don't really know much about her life or anything but that record affected me so deeply... there's a certain specific type of heartbreak that only a singer like Karen Dalton can really sum up."
Watch this moment 0:24
"I'm a big fan of Girls and I'm really excited... it felt like it came from that really open romantic 60s sensibility where there was like they were pop songs but there was no cynicism within them."
Watch this moment 5:37
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar ·1970
"Ananda Shankar, who's a sitar player, and I've spent a lot of time in India. I used to go a few times a year and the music affected me really deeply and still does."
Watch this moment 6:47

Everything in the bag

3 records · pulled off the shelves at Amoeba Hollywood
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