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BIOGRAPHY
​Benjamin Hunter, Artistic Director of Northwest Folklife, is a Seattle-based creative & cultural entrepreneur and advocate, and an award winning multi-instrumentalist & composer. As co-founder of ventures like Black & Tan Hall, The Hillman City Collaboratory, Community Arts Create, and The Rhapsody Project, he builds artist-led ecosystems that blend performance, placemaking, and cultural equity--redefining how folk traditions scale and evolve in contemporary markets. Through his music, Benjamin attempts to connect his lived experiences and admiration for world music into one musical language, scanning the margins and nucleus alike for stories and intersections where humanity converges.
“An unbridled freedom and genre emancipation is evident in Ben Hunter’s music, yet the deep blues are a cornerstone of his style”
- Frank Matheis, Living Blues
"The music he plays not only spans an array of genres but a huge swath of history."
- Leah Baltes, City Arts Magazine
"The Seattle based polymath and multi-instrumentalist has dedicated his life to transforming the world’s stale status quo into a vibrant, inclusive, communal, and compassionate society."
-Marcus Green, Founder of South Seattle Emerald
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