Ben Howard mawaƙin Burtaniya ne kuma marubucin waƙa wanda ya yi fice tare da sakin LP Kowane Mulki (2011).
Aikinsa mai rai ya samo asali ne daga yanayin al'ummar Biritaniya na 1970s. Amma daga baya aiki kamar Na Manta Inda Muke (2014) da Noon Day Dream (2018) sun yi amfani da ƙarin abubuwan pop na zamani.
Yara da matasa Ben Howard
An haifi Howard a London a shekara ta 1987. Ya girma a South Devon. A can, tarin bayanan kiɗan jama'a na mahaifiyarta sun haɓaka soyayya ga Joni Mitchell, Donovan, da Richie Havens. Tun yana yaro, ya buga gita da sauran kayan kida, kuma ya fara rubuta wakoki tun yana dan shekara 11.
Ben ya sami guitar na farko lokacin yana ɗan shekara 8 kawai. Kuma wutar lantarki lokacin yana dan shekara 12. Duk da haka, ya fi son acoustics. Yanzu yana buga guitar na hannun hagu kuma an san shi da salon buga ganga na musamman.
Ben Howard fitaccen mawaki ne wanda ke ƙoƙarin kiyaye rayuwarsa ta sirri. Yawancin waƙoƙinsa masu zurfi ne, masu rai da kuma na sirri. Ko da yake ya fara ne a matsayin mawaƙin gida, shahararsa da sauri ya bazu ko'ina cikin duniya.
Ben Howard: matakan kiɗa na farko
Har ila yau Howard ya ci gaba da sha'awar hawan igiyar ruwa, inda ya koma Newquay, babban birnin hawan igiyar ruwa na Burtaniya. A nan ne ya sami maki mafi girma na aikin da ya yi a fannin hawan igiyar ruwa. Ayyukansa sun haɗa da yin aiki da mujallu da jaridu, da kuma rubuta labarai.
John Howard yayi karatu a kwalejin al'umma. King Edward VI da Torquay Boys Grammar School. Sannan ya fara karatun aikin jarida a Kwalejin Jami'ar Falmouth (Cornwall).
Howard ya bar aikinsa watanni shida bayan kammala karatunsa. Amsa mai ɗorewa daga al'ummar hawan igiyar ruwa zuwa waƙarsa ta burge shi, wanda, duk da sautin muryar jama'a da yanayin bakin teku, ya fi kamar John Martin fiye da Jack Johnson. Saboda haka, bisa shawarar ma’aikatan, dole ne ya bar sashen labarai kuma ya mai da hankali kan rubutun waƙa.
Al'ummar hawan igiyar ruwa ta zama babbar nasara ga Howard. Ya sami kansa yana wasa da cunkoson jama'a tun kafin waƙar ta bazu bayan rairayin bakin teku na Burtaniya. Ta hanyar yawon shakatawa na Turai tare da Xavier Rudd, ya sami mafi yawan masu sauraro a ƙarshen 2008. Kazalika da sakewa EPs kamar Wadannan Ruwa da Tsohon Pine.
Lokacin da Howard ya gama yin rikodin kowace Mulki (2011), ya sanya hannu tare da Records Island. Ya sami matsayin kanun labarai godiya ga karuwar magoya baya a Ingila, Jamus, Faransa da Holland.
Kowace Masarautar ta tabbatar da zama “cigaba” a cikin Burtaniya. Godiya gare shi, an zabe shi don lambar yabo ta Mercury da kyaututtukan BRIT guda biyu a cikin nau'in Breakthrough na Burtaniya. A sakamakon haka, kundin ya tafi platinum.
Na Manta Inda Muke da babban nasara ta farko
Don LP na biyu da aka daɗe ana jira, Na Manta Inda Muke, ya ɗauki ƙarin tsarin "lantarki". Mawakin ya sami lada da yabo daga masu sukar kiɗan, sharhin su da kuma tallace-tallace masu kyau. Kundin ya kai lamba 1 akan sigogin Burtaniya.
A cikin 2017, Howard ya shiga cikin wani aiki tare da masu fasaha ciki har da Mickey Smith da India Bourne. The enigmatic sextet A Blaze of Feather ya bayyana a manyan manyan bukukuwan Burtaniya a duk shekara. Daga baya, mawakan sun fitar da cikakken fim mai tsayi mai suna iri ɗaya.
2018 ya fara tare da sanarwar LP na uku na Howard. Mawaƙin ya gabatar da shi tare da jirgin ruwa na tsawon mintuna bakwai na mafarki zuwa Tsibiri akan bango. Ya sanya jerin waƙa don sabon kundi na Mafarki na Noonday akan gidan yanar gizon sa. Jerin waƙar ya haɗa da waƙoƙi: Nica Libres A Magariba, Akwai Mutuminku, Wani a cikin Kofa. Har ila yau: Juyawa Layi, Murmurashi, Jirgin ruwa zuwa Tsibiri, Sashe na II' da Kayar.
Ben Howard: Mahimman Nasarorin
An zabi Ben Howard don lambar yabo ta BRIT 2013. Ya lashe duka Malejin Solo na Biritaniya da Nasara na Biritaniya.
A lokacin, an san kadan game da mai zane. An zabi shi don Album na Shekara a Kyautar Mercury a cikin 2012. Hakanan an zabi shi don lambar yabo ta 2013 Ivor Novello a cikin kundin Album na Shekara.
