ʻO Ben Howard ka mea mele Pelekania a me ka mea haku mele i piʻi i ka hanohano me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka LP Every Kingdom (2011).
Ua hoʻoikaika mua ʻia kāna hana ʻuhane mai ka hiʻohiʻona poʻe Pelekane o 1970s. Akā ma hope e hana e like me I Forget Where We Were (2014) a me Noon day Dream (2018) i hoʻohana i nā mea pop hou hou aku.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka'ōpio Ben Howard
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Howard ma Lākana i ka makahiki 1987. Ua ulu ʻo ia ma South Devon. Ma laila, ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā mele mele a koʻu makuahine i hoʻoulu i ke aloha iā Joni Mitchell, Donovan, a me Richie Havens. I kona wā kamaliʻi, hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kīkā a me nā mea kani ʻē aʻe, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kākau i nā mele i ka makahiki 11.
Ua loaʻa iā Ben kāna kīkā acoustic mua i kona wā he 8 mau makahiki. A me ka uila i kona wā he 12 makahiki. Akā naʻe, makemake ʻo ia i ka acoustics. I kēia manawa, hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kīkā lima hema a ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna ʻano pahu pahu.
He mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Ben Howard e hoʻāʻo nei e mālama i kona ola pilikino. ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna mau mele he hohonu, ʻuhane a pilikino. ʻOiai ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila, ua laha koke kona kaulana a puni ka honua.
ʻO Ben Howard: nā mele mele mua
Hoʻokumu pū ʻo Howard i ka hoihoi i ka heʻenalu, neʻe pōkole i Newquay, ke kapikala heʻe nalu o UK. Ma laila i loaʻa iā ia ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa no kāna hana ma ke kahua heʻenalu. ʻO kāna mau hana, ʻo ia ka hana me nā nūpepa a me nā nūpepa, a me ke kākau ʻana i nā nūhou.
Ua aʻo ʻo John Howard ma ke kula kaiaulu. ʻO King Edward VI a me Torquay Boys Grammar School. A laila hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ka nūpepa ma Falmouth University College (Cornwall).
Ua haʻalele ʻo Howard i kāna hana ʻeono mahina ma hope o ka puka ʻana. Ua hauʻoli ʻia ʻo ia e ka pane ʻoluʻolu mai ke kaiāulu heʻe nalu i kāna mele, ʻoiai ke kani ʻana o ka poʻe kani a me ke kahakai kahakai, ua like ke kani me John Martin ma mua o Jack Johnson. No laila, ma ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a nā limahana, pono ʻo ia e haʻalele i ke keʻena nūhou a nānā i ka haku mele.
He mea koʻikoʻi ko ke kaiāulu heʻe nalu no Howard. Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia e pāʻani ana i ka lehulehu lehulehu ma mua o ka laha ʻana o ke mele ma waho o nā kahakai o UK. Ma o ka huakaʻi ʻEulopa me Xavier Rudd, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i ka lehulehu ākea i ka hopena o 2008. A me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā EP e like me These Waters and Old Pine.
I ka pau ʻana o Howard i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kēlā me kēia Aupuni (2011), ua pūlima ʻo ia me Island Records. Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana poʻomanaʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka pā ma ʻEnelani, Kelemānia, Farani a me Holani.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia Aupuni he "breakthrough" hoʻokuʻu ma UK. Mahalo iā ia, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka Mercury Award a me ʻelua mau makana BRIT ma ka māhele British Breakthrough. ʻO ka hopena, ua lilo ka album i platinum.
Poina wau i hea mākou a me ka lanakila nui mua
No ka lua o ka LP i kali lōʻihi ʻia, Poina wau i hea mākou, ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi ala "electronic". Ua uku ʻia ka mea mele me nā loiloi hoʻomaikaʻi mai ka poʻe hoʻokalakupua mele, kā lākou loiloi a me nā kūʻai maikaʻi. Ua hōʻea ka album i ka helu 1 ma nā pakuhi UK.
Ma 2017, ua komo ʻo Howard i kahi papahana me nā mea pena me Mickey Smith a me India Bourne. Ua ʻike ʻia ka sextet enigmatic A Blaze of Feather ma nā hoʻolauleʻa kiʻekiʻe o UK i loko o ka makahiki. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i kahi kiʻi piha piha o ka inoa hoʻokahi.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo 2018 me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke kolu o LP a Howard. Hāʻawi ka mea pena me ka moeʻuhane ʻehiku minuke hoʻokahi A Boat to an Island on the Wall. Ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i ka papa inoa mele no ka album Noonday Dream hou ma kāna pūnaewele. Aia i loko o ka papa inoa mele nā mele: Nica Libres At Dusk, There's Your Man, Someone in the Doorway. Eia kekahi: Ka huki ʻana i ka laina, nā ʻōhumu, ka waʻa i kahi mokupuni, ʻāpana II' a me ka pio.
ʻO Ben Howard: Nā Hana Nui
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Ben Howard no ka BRIT Awards 2013. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka British Male Solo Artist a me British Breakthrough.
ʻAʻole i ʻike iki ʻia e pili ana i ka mea pena i kēlā manawa. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no Album of the Year ma ka Mercury Awards ma 2012. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka 2013 Ivor Novello Award ma ka Album of the Year category.
