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description: Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang. He plays several string instrum
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album: Foreign Exchange (Remastered)
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  date published: 1981-09-01
album: Foreign Exchange (Remastered)
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 1981-09-01
album: Alice
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-01-01
album: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-06-02
album: Fifty Dead Men Walking (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2009-06-02
track: Losing It - Live R40 Tour
track: Back to Black (feat. Ben Mink)
track: A Thousand Kisses Deep (feat. Ben Mink)

Losing It - Live R40 Tour
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  date published: 2015-10-23
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genre: hard-rock
genre: classic-rock
genre: album-rock
genre: progressive-rock
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  date published: 2026-07-02T03:30:09Z
audio: Losing It - Live R40 Tour
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Back to Black (feat. Ben Mink)
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  date published: 2018-09-14
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  date published: 2026-07-07T11:43:09Z
audio: Back to Black (feat. Ben Mink)
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A Thousand Kisses Deep (feat. Ben Mink)
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  date published: 2026-07-31T02:19:15Z
audio: A Thousand Kisses Deep (feat. Ben Mink)
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