Ben Caplan -

I am thrilled to have been invited to play at the Liverpool Sound City Festival this year. The lineup is great and hopefully the weather is as awesome as it was last year. Check out the poster: Check the website: www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk Link to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/liverpoolsoundcity Twitter: http://twitter.com/soundcity

I am pretty stoked about the upcoming European tour. I am going to be traveling through Belgium, Netherlands, and the UK with my band. First time renting a tour van and all that fancy stuff. Then after our last show as a band, I am going to launch off on my own and tour around Read more...

Check it out!!! We’re playing The Carleton. See below for tickets: To buy tickets, head to: http://www.thecarleton.ca/upcoming-performances?task=view_event&event_id=110 Seating is limited. Be sure to get your tickets in advance!

I am so thrilled to have the honour of playing the Canadian Music Week (CMW) Opening Night Gala high above the city in the CN Tower. And not only that, but I get to play with one of Canada’s top songwriters and performers, my brother from across the Halifax Harbour, Mr. Joel Plaskett. See below Read more...

I thought it would be interesting to share a bit of the songwriting processes and the evolution of a song. Songwriting for me usually takes a solid chunk of time in solitude working things through and developing ideas. Sometimes though, the main idea or the core of song comes in one big swoop. I still Read more...

On December 22nd I got a tweet asking if I could post the lyrics to “Down to the River” on my blog. Can’t believe it took me this long to get around to it! First, here is a video of me performing the song live and solo in Trinity-Bellwoods Park in Toronto. Filmed by Humble Read more...

We’ve got a new video for Seed of Love! Recorded live at the Toro Magazine basement studio in Toronto back in November. That was a great day… and a busy day! I got up early in the morning and went to Trinity-Bellwoods Park to record a Live in Bellwoods Session, where I did live versions Read more...

Today is January 5th! Don’t you know what that means!? Well, it means a few things. It means that today is 370 days from the first time I toured outside of Nova Scotia. It also means that I have a gig tonight in Guelph Ontario at Jimmy Jazz with Harlan Pepper. But January 5th is Read more...

Well hot damn, it’s been far too long since I’ve updated this ol’ blog! The last time I wrote, I was just leaving Germany. To hear more about that, you can watch  this video of me and Ron on Balcony TV in Hamburg talking about our hijinks and playing a tune. After Germany came Holland, Read more...