In some alternate reality I'm still on the radio AND making music. Find me on other social platforms under the same handle.
Joined January 2009
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16 Nov 2024
Decided to leave the bile alternative facts behind. Been on Twitter since '09 and really found my tribe here. Over the past four years also used it for PhD hybrid fieldwork. For that reason, I'll keep the profile but mothball it.
Find me on Threads/BlueSky 🧵
Over and out! 💬
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13 Nov 2024
This week on Ben's Country Music Show, a chance to listen again to our CMA Awards Special. Ben brings you music from all the nominees for the 58th CMA Awards taking place in Nashville later this month. Full list of stations and listen again on the website: benscountrymusicshow.com
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12 Nov 2024
Looking forward to presenting at the @OfficialBAAS PG Symposium on Thurs and 'zooming' in virtually to the University of Sussex. Been working on my paper this evening, 'American Requiem: Addressing the black roots of country music and deconstructing a pre-determined future'.
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11 Nov 2024
Listen to my new single, Country Folk, on YouTube. The album is out in January and you can pre-order now on Bandcamp 🤠
Ben Atkinson - Country Folk (Visualiser) youtu.be/daBJQc8XjGc?si=czmr… via @YouTube
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9 Nov 2024
The floofs say, good morning! Now where are our treats?! 🐇
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8 Nov 2024
Watched the new documentary this evening on musician and composer extraordinaire, John Williams. Just the most wonderful music, and an amazing life story. The perfect antidote to the world outside right now. You can find it on Disney
ondisneyplus.disney.com/movi…
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7 Nov 2024
This 👇 Exactly why I'm still here (and on other platforms). We have to shine those lights in the dark and although grately diminished, I still find some of my tribe hanging on in this space 💛
7 Nov 2024
If you’re leaving Twitter now, I’ll miss you. For me it’s still a decent antidote to feeling intellectually alone, not that that goes away (maybe it shouldn’t), but it does soften when I’m here. Yes Elon’s everywhere now; I weave through to the people I like at the party 🩵
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7 Nov 2024
Trying to find the light in little things this week, away from the news and more in nature. For me it's the turning of the seasons and autumn leaves. My favourite season of the year 🧡🍂
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6 Nov 2024
Big days in politics are bookmarked by a brilliant @BBCNewsnight montage.
Here is tonight’s courtesy of @adamlivingst0n3.
I always urge broadcaster journalism students to check them out.
You’ll see camera angles and music choices you didn’t see elsewhere
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Ben R. Atkinson retweeted
6 Nov 2024
Jon Stewart’s 2-minute history lesson here is worth everyone’s time before we start confidently breaking out our theories of what happened
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6 Nov 2024
All this week I've been working on a PhD chapter on black women in American popular music, the fight for recognition and parity with their white male counterparts. News from America overnight, tells you all you need to know about why work to uncover such stories is so important.
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5 Nov 2024
This week on Ben's Country Music Show our album of the week is @KelseaBallerini's #1 record Patterns. Plus new music from Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton's Smokey Mountain DNA and something special from.... me! 👀
Listen on your local station, catch up at benscountrymusicshow.com 📻
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4 Nov 2024
Stream my single 'Country Folk' on @Spotify or all streaming platforms now. It's the second song from my new album of the same name, which you can pre-order on Bandcamp ahead of its release in January.
open.spotify.com/album/0n83a…
benatkinson.bandcamp.com/alb…
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4 Nov 2024
You have to watch the whole thing to see how excellent it is, they especially nailed The Donald and Joe. Brilliant, and a savvy move from VP Harris two days out! 🔥
3 Nov 2024
In case you missed Saturday Night Live last night…
Here is the entire full SNL cold open with Maya Rudolph, VP Kamala Harris, Andy Samburg, Jim Gaffigan, Bowen Yang, and Dana Carvey.
James Austin Johnson nailed Donald Trump!
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4 Nov 2024
What a life, touching almost every notable era in modern popular music. Go read this obituary for Quincy Jones and see for yourself. Amazing. Even being in Elvis' early TV band, or being MJ's producer would have been notable enough. But, oh no. theguardian.com/music/2024/n…
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3 Nov 2024
Coffee in the park while the boy munches on his quavers. Already had lots of nice messages about the new music! Excited to share more of that soon 🎶
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2 Nov 2024
I'm excited to announce my new album, Country Folk, will be released in January 2025 and the title track is available to stream now on Spotify, Apple Music and all other streaming platforms! 🧵
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2 Nov 2024
You can listen to Country Folk, the title track Heading Back To Nashville (which was released last year) on Spotify, Apple Music and all streaming platforms now.
The full album in digital, CD and vinyl formats can be pre-ordered now from Bandcamp.
benatkinson.bandcamp.com/alb…
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2 Nov 2024
In meantime, as it says in the song "we're all riding different roads, not quite sure which way to go..." I hope you're holding on, whatever road you're travelling and I'll see you down the road in January for some exciting events around album release day!
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