Ben Featherstone has captivated listeners with over 1.2 million streams of his original music and observed by many more millions on shows such as Netflix's Cobra Kai - the sequel to the Karate Kid and major advertising campaigns for international brands. 
Carving a distinctive space within the progressive acoustic genre. His compositions weave intricate layers of sound, blending the warmth of strings with an expansive, cinematic depth over gentle guitar arpeggios.

His album, Prisoner to the Wind, is a work of devotion—recorded predominantly on analogue equipment, each track shaped by the acoustic character of the places where it was captured.
 

"I’m drawn to the deep, resonant timbre of analogue gear. It’s unpredictable, demanding, but it rewards patience with a richness that digital can’t quite replicate," Ben reflects. "With every piece I create, I aim to build a world—something immersive, something that lingers."
 

His vocal style, influenced by operatic training, reaches haunting intensity in Ageless Lady, a song shaped under the guidance of his late mentor, the South American artist Marco de Brix.
 

"Marco was more than a musician—he was a force. He taught me to believe in the power of a song, but he carried a heavy burden. His heart condition was a battle he knew he wouldn’t win," Ben recalls. "He once handed me the Paraguayan President’s guitar to borrow for a gig, hthat night he traced the scar across his chest. ‘The doctor says singing could kill me,’ he told me. ‘But a life without singing? I would rather be dead.’"

Both his father the legendary Caesar de Brix and his brother past of the same heart defect. 
 

Ben’s journey has been as unpredictable as his music. During a fishing trip to the Island of Flowers off Brazil’s coast, he found himself in the heart of a storm. "I told the boatman I was nervous about lightning. He shrugged and gave me two choices—a tiny bar on a remote island or staying on the boat to ride it out."

Moments later, lightning struck the tin panel he was leaning against. Speaking about it on BBC Radio 6, Ben described the impact as "like being hit by two pneumatic drills in the knees." The pain, dulled only by cachaça, turned every step of his journey home into an ordeal. "Without Marco’s guidance, I was lost. My Portuguese was just enough to get by, but there were moments where I came far too close to real danger—I had guns pulled on me more than once."

It’s these stories—of music, loss and survival—that shape the spirit of Ben Featherstone’s work, resonating with those drawn to something raw, something real.