Ben Riley
Drums, Percussion
Ben has been actively engaged in the Canadian music scene for over a decade. He has performed and toured alongside many luminaries such as Bruce Cockburn, Holly Cole, Michael Burgess, Molly Johnson, Joe Sealy, Doug Riley, Jake Langley, Marc Jordan, Amy Sky, Moe Koffman, Domenic Troiano, Michael Kaeshammer and Joshua Nelson (gospel singer/ Oprah Winfrey guest) among others. For seven years running Ben has been co-leading an original soul/R&B project in Toronto, Planet Earth, which has been billed with Maceo Parker. Planet earth has entertained audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Having played on dozens of albums and hundreds of commercials, Ben has composed works for string quartet, world music ensembles, R&B and jazz groups, as well as for symphony orchestra. "That’s What Happens", a song co-written by Ben with Courtney Farquhar, was included on Warner’s Women and Songs 7 compilation CD which has gone platinum in Canada.
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