Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers

Hangout Handbook

The Shmancy Side of Halifax

PUBLISHED Oct 13, 2016

In our annual Hangout Handbook, Exclaim! asks some of our favourite artists to discuss an ideal day in their hometown. Here, Ben Caplan dis...

Ben Caplan Announces New Album, Plots Fall Tour

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2015

Halifax's Ben Caplan toured heavily in the wake of 2011's In the Time of the Great Remembering. Now, the massively bearded folk singer has...

Ben Caplan Schedules Canadian Winter Tour, Cover Pogues' "Fairytale of New York"

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2012

We can always count on East Coast folk growler Ben Caplan to embark on a steady string of new tours, and next year looks to be no exception...

Ben Caplan Books Summer Canadian Tour

PUBLISHED May 7, 2012

East Coast folkie Ben Caplan has already embarked on a number of Canadian tours in recent months, but that isn't stopping him from getting...

Ben Caplan Extends Ontario Residency, Adds Canadian Dates

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2012

This month, hirsute Haligonian Ben Caplan has been in Ontario on a residency tour, hitting up venues in Guelph, Hamilton and Toronto. Evide...

Ben Caplan Launches Ontario Residency

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2012

In late 2011, Halifax songwriter Ben Caplan and his band the Casual Smokers made their way west as far as Ontario on a Canadian tour to pro...

Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers Embark on Canadian Tour

PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2011

With his album In the Time of the Great Remembering available now, Halifax songwriter Ben Caplan is getting ready to take his band the Casu...

Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers Announce Debut LP, Canadian Tour

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2011

Halifax's Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers are set to reveal their debut full-length In the Time of the Great Remembering. Dubbed "a bridg...