Ben Fiore's life has revolved around music. From the minute he was born he was getting used to blasting Billy Joel and Elton John casettes around the house. He would even sit on a stool and play along with his Little Tikes guitar watching children's music videos. Ben took piano from the ages of four to fourteen and also took guitar from the ages of thirteen to eighteen. He wrote his first song on the piano in the eighth grade and it was quite a disaster but he knew it was the right thing to do to keep writing. Through high school, Ben wrote about fifteen songs, and another thirty or so in college. Developing new styles of writing for his songs has been a challenge, but Ben has finally found his point in rhythm with his music and lyrics. Ben's main influences are Jason Mraz, The Goo Goo Dolls, Coldplay, Ben Folds, Snow Patrol, Lifehouse, Matchbox Twenty and the list goes on.

Tonight, Ben Fiore will be sharing with you 13 of his original songs off his new album The Songs in Black and White. Ben recorded this album down in Tampa, FL and wants to thank Apple Recording Studios for all their hard work in making the album. This album has more of Ben's most recent songs and also Ben's first song ever written on the guitar, in ninth grade. The majority of the songs were written while Ben was off at school. Many experiences of the ups and the downs has brought this album where it needs to be to tell a story. Ben will briefly be explaining how each song came about before he plays them so you (the audience) are more in tune with the meaning of the songs. Hope you enjoy the show!