Ben Penna Music

Coastal roots is the label Ben Penna gives it, and the description holds up. He's a North Queensland singer and songwriter with decades of pubs, clubs and festivals behind him, playing his own songs alongside his own readings of other people's. Happy Mag once described his vocals as having an aged quality that gives weight to his ruminations on life, which is a fair summary of the effect. The covers stretch from Van Morrison and Creedence through Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Paul Kelly, Bernard Fanning and Keith Urban. Corporate rooms and front bars both work. He needs power and not much else. He carries public liability cover.