Guitarist Ben Diamond released his debut album, Prime, last month. But Ben Diamond isn't your average 22-year-old. Diamond recently graduated from Memorial University's school of music, spending the last four years training in the art of classical guitar. The St. John's player will soon be starting his master's at McGill, but not before releasing his debut album, Prime. LISTEN | Ben Diamond chats with the CBC's Heather Barrett about his debut album, Prime:Weekend AM 23:11 Ben Diamond makes his classical guitar debut - from a blanket fort Ben Diamond tells us how he created his contemporary classical guitar album, Prime, from a blanket fort in his basement 23:11A piano player as a child, Diamond said he became drawn to the guitar when his father would play it at home.

Source: CBC News May 26, 2021 09:22 UTC