BEN KOWALEWICZ BILLY TALENT

BEN CHARTS A FASCINATING LIFE AND CAREER THAT'S AS INSPIRING AS IT IS ENDURING.

- MADDY HOWELL

Let's take things right back to the start. Where in the world did you grow up, and who was around in your early childhood?

So, my dad was born in a Displaced Persons Camp in Poland after the war, and then came to Canada. All my family on my mom's side is from the UK, in Sussex and Brighton, and she came over after the war as well and then moved to Montreal. That beautiful French-speaking province in Canada is where they started their life, and where my brother was first born and then me.

Were your parents musical at all? Was that something you were encouraged to pick up during those early days at your family home in Montreal?