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Joe Robinson .Com Bio Borders, Undertones /// J O E R O B I N S O N /// “ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE A YOUNG GUITARIST CAPTURES THE ATTENTION OF MUSIC LOVERS EARLY IN HIS CAREER AND MANAGES TO SUSTAIN THIS INTEREST AS HE MATURES CREATIVELY AND SHEDS THE ‘PRODIGY’ LABEL. JOE ROBINSON IS ONE OF THOSE RARE TALENTS.”- PREMIER GUITAR Joe Robinson is a true force in the pantheon of excep0onal ar0sts in modern music. He has joined an exclusive group of elite performers whose impact con0nues to shape our unique American musical culture. With his popularity con0nuing to rise, Robinson has earned a reputa0on as one of the world's greatest guitar players and a brilliant singer/songwriter. His fluid and inimitable style has delighted audiences around the world, garnering high praise and pres0gious awards from the interna0onal music community.” Nashville, Tennessee has been Robinson’s home base for the last decade. He’s performed or recorded with a long list of celebrated music icons including Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Kenny Rogers, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Keb’ Mo’, Les Paul, The Wailers, Styx, John Jorgenson, Lee Roy Parnell, and friend and mentor, Tommy Emmanuel, CGP. Robinson was voted “Best New Talent” in the Guitar Player Readers’ Poll and his talents were further recognized by Guitar Player magazine as part of a cover story en0tled “Youthquake 2017: Ten Mind- Blowing Young Guitarists.” In the ar0cle, Guitar Player has called Robinson “equally mind-blowing as an acous0c fingerpicker and electric soloist…his YouTube videos display an astounding combina0on of taste, speed, cagey phrasing, and a clear, ar0culate, and sparking tone.” “IT’S HARD NOT TO IMAGINE HIM RIVALING THE POPULARITY OF SAY, JOHN MAYER IN COMING YEARS.”- WASHINGTON POST Born and raised into a musical family in the Australian bush, Robinson began playing guitar when he was just nine years old, eagerly exploring the Internet to expand and deepen his craa. At the age of 13 he won the Australian Na0onal Songwri0ng Compe00on, and at 15 released his first collec0on of original material. A monumental achievement followed when he won first place on the “Australia's Got Talent” television show, aged 16. It came with a $250,000 grand prize. By his eighteenth birthday Robinson had played more than 1,000 shows, and by the 0me he celebrated his twenty-fourth he had played over 2,000, an incredible total number of performances logged in a compara0vely brief professional career. He has developed a worldwide touring career, performing across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, China and his na0ve Australia. His live “one man” acous0c/electric show is an energe0c display of virtuosity and wigy, finely-craaed lyrics delivered with his personable Aussie charisma — he has songs inspired by George Carlin, Al Capone, a person he once picked up hitchhiking — and tells stories of performing in a California prison and growing up in a rus0c farmhouse in backwoods Temagog, NSW (pop. 200). Robinson has released five solo albums, including Borders (2020) and Undertones (2019), to great acclaim. As is the case with many highly ar0s0c people during the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down, Robinson has u0lized his 0me to write, record and produce an emo0onal new album, 0tled Borders. “JOE IS, OF COURSE, RENOWNED FOR BEING A VIRTUOSO GUITARIST. BUT AFTER SEVERAL LISTENS TO HIS LATEST OFFERING (BORDERS), I'M OF THE OPINION THAT AS A SINGER AND SONGWRITER, HE ALSO BELONGS IN A LEAGUE WITH SUCH MEGA-SELLING ARTISTS AS CHARLIE PUTH AND HARRY STYLES. BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, GET A COPY OF THE ALBUM AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.” - GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER RODNEY CROWELL Robinson, an Australian na0ve who has recently become an American ci0zen, became engaged to his fiancée, a graphic designer based in Canada, in October 2019. Although the couple knew they would con0nue to have a long-distance romance un0l her Visa came through and she could relocate to Nashville, neither an0cipated the closure of the border between Canada and the United States because of the pandemic, completely elimina0ng any travel between their two homes. “This is a collec0on of songs I wrote, some within the last year and some specifically about being separated from Genevieve during the pandemic—we haven’t seen each other in eight months now,” Robinson said. “I just felt I had some hearoelt songs bubbling up, and I was sure there would be other people out there who can relate. Being separated from loved ones is something I have dealt with for 10 years, having moved to the U.S. from Australia when I was 18. I lea all of my family back in Australia, but this felt like a different situa0on since we became engaged over a year ago and are so excited to begin a life together.” Robinson enlisted top musicians to help – drummer Nir Z (John Mayer, Chris Cornell, Genesis); bassist Bernard Harris (Aaron Neville, Tommy Emmanuel, Mandisa); Irish violin and fiddle player Eamon McLoughlin (Rodney Crowell, The Greencards, Ashley Monroe), harmony vocalists Shannon LaBrie and Hannah Sutherland and Robinson on lead vocals and guitars. “I chose friends of mine who are all great musicians in their own right, but who also have a musical spirit with which I feel connected,” Robinson adds. In addi0on to 0me spent recording the new record, Robinson has been very available to his fans around the world in 2020 playing live-from-home concerts on a regular basis, and streaming on YouTube and Facebook weekly, landing himself on Pollstar's Top 10 Weekly Livestreams chart alongside Norah Jones, Brent Cobb, Ricky Skaggs and The Circle TV's "Opry Live.” Addi0onally, since Robinson normally tours between 150-200 days a year interna0onally, he’s joined Patreon to give all of his fans access to private concerts and behind-the-scenes access to his crea0ve process. “I feel a deep responsibility to share my musical passion with as many people as I can. That ability has been extremely limited with the cancella0on of my tour this year. It’s s0ll important to me that I’m able to communicate with anyone who enjoys my music and spread some joy at 0me when it feels more important than ever.” “UNDERTONES PROVES HE'S FAR MORE THAN A FLASHY PRODIGY…ROBINSON HAS DEVELOPED INTO AN ARTIST WITH A FULLY FORMED VISION OF WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE WANTS TO GO.” - PREMIER GUITAR On Robinson’s album, Undertones, the Australian na0ve con0nues to awe and delight with soulful and ugerly brilliant, finely craaed songs on both acous0c and electric guitar, and has come into his own as a lyricist. As The Washington Post recently observed, “It's hard not to imagine him rivaling the popularity of say, John Mayer in coming years." There is no doubt that Robinson is at the top of his game, boldly stepping up with mind-bending chord work, solos that literally redefine what can be milked from a guitar, and inspired, melodic singing in his signature tenor voice. “Creang Undertones was truly a labor of love for me,” Robinson reflects. “I elected to produce and mix this album myself. Having been quite busy as a session musician over the past few years, I felt I knew how to get the musical performances I wanted down on tape, so the whole process felt really natural.” The project was recorded on the outskirts of Nashville, where Robinson is based, at The Castle Recording Studios. “It had the perfect laid-back atmosphere for us to lay down the sonic founda0on for this record,” Robinson added. The historic studio looks true to its name and was purportedly built by gangster Al Capone between 1929-1932. In addi0on to Robinson’s own skills on guitar and vocal, he solicited help from drummer Pete Abbog (Jaco Pastorius, Average White Band, Randy Brecker, Blood, Sweat & Tears) and bassist Anton Nesbig (McCrary Sisters, Keb’ Mo’, CeCe Winans). Premier Guitar magazine observed Undertones “proves he's far more than a flashy prodigy…Robinson has developed into an ar0st with a fully formed vision of who he is and where he wants to go.” In an album review, Acous0c Guitar magazine noted the “virtuoso’s latest is dense with brilliant moments… Robinson’s guitar playing is what really does the talking.” Robinson has been performing so much of his life that he’s had a lot of 0me to delve into the emo0onal process of recording, and takes an unusually philosophical approach to crea0ng music. “Undertones represents the many shades of the human experience. There are songs about love, pain, faith, story songs, sa0rical moments, and archetypal representa0ons of behavioral truth.” “To me, music is comprised of the technical element, and the spiritual element,” he con0nues. “THE MORE I PLAY MUSIC, THE LESS I NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT. THE LESS I NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE I FEEL THAT I CAN DEDICATE MYSELF TO EXPERIENCING THE UNDERTONES OF HARMONY, RHYTHM, MELODY, RHYME AND NARRATIVE.” - JOE ROBINSON “I am enamored with the Taoist worldview, as was Bruce Lee, a man I admire a lot. Through this lens, one is exposed to the polarizing elements of our world—the whole world views the beau0ful as the beau0ful, yet this is only the ugly. The whole world recognizes the good as the good, yet this is only the bad. Thus, something and nothing produce each other. The difficult and the easy complement each other—note and sound harmonize with one another. It seems everything in our world can be deconstructed in this way. Everything has an undertone.” Robinson was invited to come to Nashville by his mentor and inspira0onal savant Tommy Emmanuel.
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