Music Artist

Benji Cossa

Benji Cossa makes sincerely beautiful homemade melodic pop with roots. Hear his mad-genius charm, glorious ragged edges, and other-worldly singing. His is direct, joyful, and richly detailed music made by a very nice man who enjoys flying a kite.Benji Cossa began writing and recording songs in 1995. Since then he’s amassed a treasure trove of undiscovered lo-fi AM gold, the latest of which is Benji Cossa and the Tightens, a 70s styled, country-pickled full band live-in-the-studio romp with a shit-hot all-star band. Think Sweetheart of the Rodeo /Tupelo Honey. Prior to that, in 2007 Serious Business Records issued Between the Blue and the Green, a small wonder of infinitely pleasing home-made pop. Benji's hot streak will continue in 2010 when he releases his next record, currently being cra

Links: Official site · FMA profile

Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

72

Albums

6

Total audio

3h 08m 46s

FMA listens

33,915

Favourites

32

Avg bitrate

320 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

Genre	Tracks
Folk	12
Rock	3

• Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative — 72

Top Tracks by Listens

Track	Album	Year	Duration	Listens
Ukulele	Favorites 04: Val Britton	2012	1m 33s	8,498
Whistles, Bells and Cheers	Favorites 04: Val Britton	2012	1m 42s	1,717
Circus Love	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange	2011	2m 29s	1,665
Indian Princess (Tightens Version)	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck	2011	4m 27s	1,170
It's Coming To You (4-track NY 2000)	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland	2011	2m 59s	1,111
Motorcrush (Cossacabana Version)	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck	2011	2m 26s	933
Last Weekend (24 Karat Band Magic Shop Version)	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland	2011	3m 50s	929
Bonafide American Dudes (Vault Vol. I Version)	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck	2011	4m 22s	839
Liquid Lead	Favorites 04: Val Britton	2012	2m 07s	766
For Tom's New Wave Movie	Favorites 04: Val Britton	2012	0m 51s	737

Track Length Distribution

Length	Tracks	Share
Under 1 min	2	2.8%
1–3 min	49	68.1%
3–6 min	21	29.2%

Release Timeline

12

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3

2008

38

2011

19

2012

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6. 42 Night Viking tracks
7. 31 Kelly Latimore tracks
8. 31 Garm tracks

Track Catalogue

72 tracks shown

Track	Album	Genre	Duration	Listens	Licence
Homesick [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 45s	615	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Liquid Lead [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		2m 07s	766	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Homesick [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 45s	278	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Whistles, Bells and Cheers [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 42s	1,717	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Pressured Performance [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 14s	211	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Gone and Back [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 53s	170	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Be Honest [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		2m 39s	276	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Another Man (Slow Version) [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		2m 45s	164	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Hearts and Cigarettes (Val's Cassette Version) [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		2m 21s	238	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
For Tom's New Wave Movie [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		0m 51s	737	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Everyone Knows (Slow Version) [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 36s	236	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
I Don't Know You Anymore [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		2m 56s	223	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Save Me [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		3m 59s	557	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Have You Seen? [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		2m 17s	328	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Say Goodbye [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		3m 54s	581	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
The Show Is Over Everywhere [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		3m 19s	335	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
No Tomorrow [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		4m 36s	594	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Gone Back No More [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		3m 24s	681	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Ukulele [27, 76]	Favorites 04: Val Britton 2012		1m 33s	8,498	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Motorcrush (Cossacabana Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		2m 26s	933	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Superlow (Vault Vol. II Remaster) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		2m 16s	204	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Indian Princess (Tightens Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		4m 27s	1,170	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
You Love The Way I Love You (Vault Vol. II Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		2m 42s	422	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
The Show Is Over Everywhere (Solo Magic Shop Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		2m 52s	208	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Bonafide American Dudes (Vault Vol. I Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		4m 22s	839	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Sunset (Alternate Mix, Between the Blue and the Green ) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		3m 01s	260	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
No Tomorrow (Solo Magic Shop Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		4m 25s	197	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Uh-Huh (Solo, Live at the Pink House Near the School. Providence, RI) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		1m 57s	295	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Who Took the Rebels (Vault Vol. I Version) [10, 12]	Favorites 01: Sebastian Blanck 2011		4m 26s	174	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
It's Coming To You (4-track NY 2000) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 59s	1,111	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
So Glad (Live 24 Karat Band Version at the Stinger- Brooklyn, NY) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		3m 20s	344	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Like a Fool (4-track Sacramento '99) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 13s	217	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Roly Poly Unholy Ponies (4-track Sacramento 1999) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 20s	215	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Milk and Honey (R.P.U.P III) (4-track Sacramento 1999) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 17s	372	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Into the Mouth of a Maneater (4-track NY 2001) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 38s	198	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Back Again (Live From Brooklyn by the Bridge 2002) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 20s	220	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Living Like the Dead (24 Karat Band Magic Shop Version) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 48s	201	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Sundae (Live Tuff Duxx Version) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 32s	196	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Bad Times Are Killing Us (4-track NY 2002) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		3m 34s	294	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
For the Big Guy (24 Karat Band Magic Shop Version) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 50s	579	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Who Took the Rebels (4-track Sacramento 1999) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		4m 26s	296	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
No Tomorrow (4-track Raw Version) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		4m 24s	316	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Say Goodbye (4-track Only to Return Version 2003) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 43s	420	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Superlow (Vault Vol. II Barber Master) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		2m 17s	420	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Love Is Like Lightning (4-track Slowly Version, Providence 1997) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		1m 04s	728	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Last Weekend (24 Karat Band Magic Shop Version) [66, 103]	Favorites 02: Eric Copeland 2011		3m 50s	929	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Circus Love [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		2m 29s	1,665	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Love Is Like Lightning [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		2m 13s	203	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Life Might Be In Vain [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		1m 30s	47	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Feel Like a Man [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		1m 27s	72	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Superlow [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		2m 16s	41	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Nightmare [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		1m 37s	120	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
April [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		2m 55s	77	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
If I Were U [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		1m 13s	52	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Pussycat [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		2m 17s	146	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Forever Morning [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		2m 29s	160	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Ice Skating [27, 94]	Favorites 03: Daniel Strange 2011		0m 47s	370	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Love Is Like Lightning [27, 66]	The Rollercossa 2008	Rock	2m 13s	565	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
If U Know What's Good 4 U [27, 66]	The Rollercossa 2008	Rock	1m 16s	202	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Hearts and Cigarettes [27, 66]	The Rollercossa 2008	Rock	2m 48s	296	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
April (Live at Southpaw, Brooklyn, 04.09.10) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	3m 16s	142	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Life Mite B In Vain [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	1m 27s	33	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Sundae (Live and Un-amplified 05.08.05) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	2m 58s	33	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Marissa Wrong Vs. Melissa Long [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	1m 04s	50	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Roslyn (II Album Version) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	4m 22s	28	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Annie Delia (II Album Version) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	2m 02s	39	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Warm Blooded Doll [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	2m 47s	101	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
If I Were You [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	1m 13s	43	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Time For a Change (4-track Version) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	3m 33s	87	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
Cleanin' Up (4-track Version) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	3m 23s	70	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
New Flowers (Fast 4-track Version) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	3m 09s	239	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative
In Dew Time (2012 Stripped Mix) [103]	Favorites 05: Ben Heller	Folk	3m 57s	71	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative

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