Ben Sollee on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Was watching a rerun of Kimmel tonight and they featured a musical guest I’d never heard of before and I really liked his stuff. Not sure if he’s made the rounds on the Dope before or if I’m just late to the party, but since I’ve never heard a thing about him I thought maybe no one else had either. I figure maybe you guys will appreciate it.

Here’s a YouTube clip of the performance on Kimmel.
In my exploration of him I found his MySpace page that has a few other samples of his music. I especially enjoyed the song called “Only a Song” which is at the top of his playlist.

Anyways, there you have it. Apropos of nothing, just thought I’d share.

I’m a big fan of Ben Sollee. I’ve seen him perform a couple of times with The Sparrow Quartet. Great music; Abigail Washburn does most of the vocals, and Béla Fleck is a group member, too.

I saw them at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2007 and Sollee did an amazing cello solo to start one song. A very talented musician. Some live shows are available for (free, legal) download.

Interesting - kinda schticky: “hey I play cello and sing!”

Who’s that wacky woman harpist - sublimely talented with funky-weird folk-soundy songs - something about a Milkmaid? He seems to be coming from a similar place…