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Ben Caplan

Canadian folk music artist

PersonhumanQ17561940

Born: 1986
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Birthplace: Hamilton
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-02-23
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Occupation: composer
, singer
, musician
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Education: University of King's College

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Ben Caplan is a Canadian folk musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He often performs with his band the Casual Smokers, and his first full-length studio album, In the Time of the Great Remembering, was released on October 20, 2011. His second record, Birds with Broken Wings, came out on September 18, 2015. His third record, Old Stock, was issued on June 15, 2018, his fourth, recollection (reimagined), on October 15, 2021 and his fifth, The Flood, on May 30, 2025.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2025-07-28
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Given name: Ben
Genre: traditional folk music
Family name: Caplan
Instrument: voice
Start of work period: 2006
Social media followers: 7,904(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 128000570
7,703(April 17, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 128000570
Website: bencaplan.ca

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