Education
Leftwich was educated at Hempland Primary School, and then at Bootham School.
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Leftwich released his first album "Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm" in 2011 which peaked at #35 on the United Kingdom charts. In February 2016 he announced his next album "After the Rain" on his Facebook page, set to release on August 19, 2016. Leftwich began playing at the age of ten and grew up listening to The Rolling Stones and Nina Simone.
Later discovering Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and Elliott Smith.
He cites Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams, and Bruce Springsteen as inspirations. Leftwich"s debut album, the Ian Grimble-produced Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm, was released in July 2011.
The Fly called it "a majestic debut" whilst The Sunday Times cited Leftwich as "a serious new talent". The Skinny, while the Sunday Express called it "lovely".
Hazel Sheffield, writing in The Guardian, gave it a 3/5 rating, as did David Pollock, writing for The Scotsman, who drew comparisons to Damien Rice and José González.
Leftwich"s "Shine" was named Spotify"s most addictive track of 2014, the most repeat played song of the year. In 2015, Benjamin Francis Leftwich co-wrote "Grow" with British artist Frances which featured in the Amazon United Kingdom television advert. In 2013 Leftwhich lost his father to cancer.
