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1995
Guitarist in the band Trdelník Band (blues and rock songs with Slovak–Záhorie dialect lyrics)
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1998
Influenced by the Dobrofest festival in Trnava and a meeting with Austrian bluesman Hans Theessink, he began focusing on acoustic blues and playing the resonator guitar
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2001
Released debut album Sólo; performed at Dobrofest and the Blues Slovakia festival
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2002
Solo and duo performances (with Peter „Bonzo” Radványi) under the project V dobrom s dobrom („In Good with a Dobro”); performed at festivals in Prague, Liberec, Bratislava, Trenčín, Paks, and Trnava; concert tour with American singer and guitarist Bruce Lewis (resulting in the joint CD Hand Made Music)
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2005 – 2008
Study visits to the U.S. states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi; met with prominent blues artists
Ľuboš Beňa is a Slovak blues guitarist, singer, and promoter of the resonator guitar. With his debut album Sólo, he was the first on the Slovak music scene to embrace the tradition of archaic delta blues. In 2006, he became the first Slovak musician to record blues in Memphis. Together with Czech singer Matěj Ptaszek, he formed the duo Beňa & Ptaszek, which received the 'Discovery of the Year' award from the Hohner company and performed at the World Harmonica Festival in Trossingen, Germany. Beňa is also the founder of the 'Hudba v Meste' (Music in the City) project in Skalica, which supports concerts and performances by blues artists. His music is characterized by an authentic blues feel and a distinctive Slovak accent.