Review: Benjamin Folke Thomas, Luminaire, London UK, 23 November 2010

Young folker with rock and roll sensibilities and stage presence and very skillful guitar fingerwork. He wore his influences proudly with lots of references from Dylan (Gates of Eden...) and the King James Bible. But it was pleasing to see these nods, rather than it sounding like a pastiche. And he showed potential for a lyrical style of his own with some wit, as shown on 'You and me baby, we're rhythm and blues; you've got the rhythm and I've got the blues' and 'She was happy anywhere; I wasn't happy anywhere' (with apologies for any misquoting).