Stolen Land

“Nebraska Prairie” photographed by Sanford R. Bender on August 23, 2015
“Stolen Land” composed and performed with concertina, guitar, crash cymbal, and tom drum by Sanford R. Bender on January 27, 2024

Watershed tree line

“Watershed tree line” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on December 23, 2023
“Watershed tree line”” composed and performed with dobro, bass, and glockenspiel, by Sanford Ross Bender on December 25, 2023

Awakening in twilight

“Awakening in twilight” composed and performed with guitar and electric bass by Sanford Ross Bender on December 12, 2023.
“Awakening in twilight” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender

Restless Night

“Sundown meadow” photographed by Sanford R. Bender on December 2, 2023
“Restless Night” composed and performed with banjo, electric bass, and acoustic guitar by Sanford R. Bender on December 2, 2023.

Dark City

“Dark City” composed and performed with banjo, concertina, and dobro by Sanford Ross Bender on November 24, 2023 | Masonic Temple -Philadelphia, Pennsylvania photographed by SRB on the night before.

Sun glow

“Sun glow” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Autumn, 2023
“Sun glow” composed and performed with guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on November 23, 2023.

Dragon Nest

“Dragon Nest ” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on September 23, 2023.
“Dragon Nest” composed for guitar and performed by Sanford Ross Bender on September 23, 2023

Lost Money

“Upstream” photographed by Sanford R, Bender in Tyler Park, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2023.
“Lost Money” composed, performed, and recorded with guitar, banjo, concertina, and crash cymbal by Sanford R. Bender on March 27 & 28, 2023

The big snow melt

“Snowy majesty at Mount Hood in the Oregon Cascades” photographed by Sanford R. Bender in March 2016
“The big snow melt” composed and performed with guitar, concertina, and glockenspiel by Sanford R. Bender on December 13, 2022

Just me without movies

“Just me without movies” played and recorded with two guitars by Sanford Ross Bender on December 9, 2022
“Alligator from the Florida Panhandle” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in September or October, 2019
“Great White Shark and Giant Squid” from the Florida Panhandle photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in September or October, 2019

“Don’t get me wrong. I do enjoy movies. Well, sometimes. But, it is important to realize when it is essential to withdraw from a threatening situation. Why not leave when the storyteller has imposed a perspective that is offensive to your sensibilities and integrity-when there is little insight to be offered no matter how magnetic and glamorous its stars and scenery may appear. ” SRB