Ben Tavera King (born 1952) is a Latin American musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer from the United States. He has recorded various genres from Tex-Mex to New Age and is proficient on numerous stringed instruments including guitar, lute, and vihuela.
King received notice in the 1980s and early 1990s on public radio for his releases, many of which were issued on his own labels, Inner Ear Records, Talking Taco Music, and Iago Records. He has composed the music for several PBS programs including Heritage and Mujeres Con SIDA. The album entitled Themes Of Passion was composed as the soundtrack for the PBS special, Los Mineros.
His most commercially successful album was 1990's Coyote Moon which peaked at #5 on the Billboard World Music Albums chart.
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