Ben Sollee is a cello-playing singer-songwriter whose music is beautiful and edgy — often times in the same bar. The Louisville-based musician is quickly building a legion of fans, both from the roots world (he’s currently playing in Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet with Bela Fleck) and the indie rock crowd (My Morning Jacket’s Jim James might be his biggest enthusiast). But when asked whether this attention from different places puzzles him, his response is the very thing that true musicheads love to hear: “I’ve never been the kind of person that gets pigeonholed ’cause I get too excited about too many different things. I suspect, and hope, that my music will be the same… Not to compare by any means, but I hope my music has the same appeal that Johnny Cash’s does. The gut level impact of his music gets him on the iPods of rockers, hip-hoppers, classical snobbers and war veterans. These are the days when the click of a mouse crumbles ideas of specialization.” Intrigued? Listen to the podcast.

 

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