The Eden Project has announced that there will be an Eden Sessions series of concerts this year after all – with former Falmouth University student turned global star Ben Howard the first act to be confirmed. A number of acts that had been scheduled to appear this June and July have been postponed to 2022, having already been moved from last year. However, music fans will be able to get their fix this year after all, this September. Singer-songwriter Ben Howard will appear first in the line-up, on September 11, 2021. Rita Broe, managing director of Eden Sessions Ltd, said: “We’re thrilled to announce that there will be a Sessions season in September this year and that Ben Howard is the first headliner we can confirm.
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Premiering on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World this evening (January 26), ‘What A Day’ serves as the first taste of Howard’s upcoming fourth album ‘Collections From The Whiteout’, which will arrive on March 26 via Island.
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The record, described as Howard’s “most fully realised to date”, marks “the first time Ben has opened the door to production outside of he and his band’s closer confine”. Collaborators include pianist Thomas Bartlett (St. Vincent) and Bon Iver‘s longtime string arranger Rob Moose, who’s also worked with Laura Marling and Phoebe Bridgers.
You can pre-order/pre-save ‘Collections From The Whiteout’ here, and see its official artwork below.