Ben Ottewell live in concert.
ON TOUR

Ben Ottewell

22
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
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Critic Consensus

Based on 22 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ben Ottewell is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. Ben Ottewell concert reviews describe live shows and performances as soulful and bluesy.

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Latest Release

The Crossing - Single (June 29, 2017)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Matlock, United Kingdom (6/23/1976) (6/23/1976)
Bio
Ben Ottewell (born Benjamin Joseph Ottewell on 23 June 1976) is an English singer-songwriter. He is one of the three lead singers of the English indie rock band Gomez who, in 2011, embarked upon a solo-project, with the debut album Shapes & Shadows.
Has Performed With
Buddy

Critic Concert Reviews

Scenestr (Australia)

September 21, 2023
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While having had no new material recorded as Gomez since 2011, Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball are carrying the torch for the band while continuing to record solo and together – most recently with tour support Buddy on their 'Handbags' LP.

Bearded Magazine (UK)

February 24, 2022
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After several Covid related rescheduling impositions, Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball of Mersey Delta bluesmen Gomez take to the basement stage at a long sold-out gig at Jimmy’s, Liverpool. Armed with acoustic and electric guitars with Ball on additional keys and beats supplied by a laptop, after Ball’s introductory “Let’s h

Bearded Magazine (UK)

November 14, 2021
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The polar opposite of a sticky-floored city centre venue, the opulent iron framed structure St. Michael's Church is pressed into service for tonight's gig.

GetIntoThis (UK)

March 7, 2020
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Ben Ottewell: LEAF, Liverpool

GetIntoThis (UK)

February 10, 2019
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Ben Ottewell, Michael Blyth And The Wild Braid, Tom Blackwell: Unitarian Church, Liverpool

Brighton's Finest (UK)

December 11, 2018
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The Prince Albert, Brighton, UK on December 9, 2018

GetIntoThis (UK)

October 30, 2017
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Ben Ottewell. Photograph from artist’s Facebook page. It’s been a while since we last saw Ben Ottewell around these parts, so Getintothis’ Howard Doupe catches up with the Gomez frontman on his continuing troubadour journey. It’ is all too well documented through the history of popular music that you can’

Past critic reviews published in

Libel (New Zealand), The 13th Floor (New Zealand), Ambient Light (New Zealand), Owl and Bear (USA), The Way That He Sings (USA) and more

Image Credit

Brian Marks [CC BY 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons