artist Benjamin Russell

Musician, writer, videographer, painter, Benjamin Russell released his latest CD, ROCKHILL, in 2010. Now he has totally revamped his website and simultaneously launched a new video, LET IT BE REAL (featuring Jean-François Dumais). To celebrate, the song is available as a free download on his website. Go to http://www.benjamin-russell.com and scroll down to download the song. While you're there have a look at Benjamin's new watercolour paintings, stream his albums on-line, and check out his other videos.

Montreal's Benjamin Russell is originally from Saskatoon. An adult-contemporary medium tempo love ballad, BELIEVE is the second single to be released from Benjamin Russell's ROCKHILL CD (songs from a high rise hideaway). To celebrate its release, BELIEVE is available for a limited time as a FREE DOWNLOAD on Russell's website: www.benjamin-russell.com BELIEVE has a jazzy pop sound and features Russell on tenor sax, and JF Dumais on drums. The contrast between BELIEVE and STARVED (the 1st single released from ROCKHILL) shows why he bills himself as "trans-genre". Russell follows where his muse leads, with no apologies. His song, "Miracle" was a hit on CFNY back in the 80's when he was nominated most promising male vocalist in the nationally televised CASBY awards. To see the video for BELIEVE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_IsOvEB7rA TCBE Records info2@tcbe.ca http://www.benjamin-russell.com ----- "I love this (ROCKHILL) CD. It brings elements from the exciting times of the late sixties and early seventies and makes it fresh and new again, sounding totally modern." - Duke Eatmon, CBC Radio One Homerun Show ----- "...his new CD, Rockhill, an impressive, original work... Benjamin has a wide and expressive vocal range and is a talented multi-instrumentalist." - Ralph Angelillo, Muzik Etc. ----- "Combining elements from his punk era with his better remembered electronic Miracle ‘80s pop career, Russell is nothing if not prolific..." - David Farrell, FYI Music News ----- Benjamin Russell is a trans-genre eclectic artist with folk roots and pop/rock/country branches. ROCKHILL is a BIG CD of 17 songs from a high-rise hideaway. See music videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/tcbemusic CD available: at HMV, Indie Pool, CD Baby, Amazon, and iTunes Music Store.

Live performance at Clyde's in Pointe-Claire (Montreal), Quebec, May 29, 2010. Benjamin performs with friends: Peter Marunzak (former drummer for LUBA), Peter Patrick (former guitarist for NAKED LUNCH), film composer, Sandra Chechik on keyboards & singer-songwriter, Jose Sierra on bass. Video Clips: http://benjamin-russell.com/page30/page30.html

Distributed in Canada by Indie Pool, and in the US by CD Baby, the album can be bought as a physical CD or in the increasingly popular digital download format. Benjamin Russell and ROCKHILL are featured in the new May/June issue of Muzik Etc. According to Ralph Angelillo: "...his new CD, Rockhill (is) an impressive, original work... Benjamin has a wide and expressive vocal range and is a talented multi-instrumentalist." Duke Eatmon recently featured Russell on the CBC Radio One Homerun Show: "I love this (ROCKHILL) CD. It brings elements from the exciting times of the late sixties and early seventies and makes it fresh and new again, sounding totally modern." ROCKHILL (on the independent TCBE Records label) is a collection of songs from a high-rise hideaway. Read the story of the album on Benjamin Russell's website where you will also find links to video clips and photos. ### www.benjamin-russell.com