Ben Caplan live in concert.
ON TOUR

Ben Caplan

13
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

82
%
Based on 
13
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Ben Caplan is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 13 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ben Caplan is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth seeing. Ben Caplan concert reviews describe live shows and performances as eclectic and genuine.

ON TOUR

Rotown, Rotterdam, Netherlands (October 9)

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Latest Release

Recollection (reimagined) (15 October 2021)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
(6/4/1986)
Bio
Ben Caplan without The Casual Smokers.
Has Performed With
The Casual Smokers

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

June 28, 2016
90
%
His charm matched the look as he tricked the crowd into cheering loudly for a heartbreak song and goaded watchers to stand in front of a mainly seated audience.

The Guardian (UK)

January 6, 2016
80
%
On stage with a manbun and Ipcress File glasses he also bears a striking resemblance to Frankie Boyle at his bristliest.

The AU Review (Australia)

January 9, 2014
%
The Spiegeltent Festival Village, Sydney on January 8, 2014

The Music (Australia)

January 8, 2014
%
Sydney, Australia

The AU Review (Australia)

January 3, 2014
%
Everyone at the Falls Festival and Woodford Folk Festival shouldn’t have to steal all the fun - Brisbanites and close neighbours had fun too.

Brighton's Finest (UK)

January 15, 2016
%
The Green Door Store on January 11, 2016

Ride the Tempo (Canada)

October 3, 2015
%
With his untamed beard, burly figure, and large-framed glasses, Ben Caplan is the physical embodiment of his music. His grizzly facade translates into vigorous vocals that powerfully command the Casual Smokers eclectic sound, and its complemented by the genuine sentimentality that seeps through the lyrics and

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Image Credit

Frank Schwichtenberg [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons