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Joe Robinson

Joe Robinson is an Australian guitar virtuoso and singer/songwriter adored by a global audience for his world-class musicianship and laid-back Aussie charm.

Based in the US since 2010, Joe has performed over 2000 concerts across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia / New Zealand. Joe won the Australia's Got Talent TV show in 2008, aged 16 - which took him from his humble country town (Temagog pop. 200) to touring the world.

In addition to being a jaw-dropping performer, Joe is an accomplished educator, having led workshops at Berklee College of Music (Boston), Musicians Institute (Los Angeles), Belmont University (Nashville) as well as various conservatories in Europe & Japan.

He has released six studio albums.

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Album Review

Rodney Crowell: Triage

Read "Triage" reviewed by Doug Collette


Even if the listener isn't aware of Rodney Crowell's personal history in recent years, the veteran songwriter and recording artist may still sound a bit defensive during his metaphysical rumination that closes Triage. In the end, however, “This Body Isn't All There Is To Who I Am" is a logical, perhaps even inevitable, culmination of the reflections and observations that precede it. As such, it is a perfectly fitting conclusion to an album with a title that refers to the ...

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Joe Robinson: While I'm Waiting

Read "While I'm Waiting" reviewed by Dennis Hollingsworth


Joe Robinson hails from the seaside town of Brighton, England. The rest of his bandmates are Englishmen as well, but you will be hard pressed to determine their home base when listening to While I'm Waiting. If you enjoy mainstream tunes, well crafted solos, and playing that remains primarily inside the changes, you will find this recording right up your alley. Four of Robinson's original compositions are on hand to help set the tone on the date.

There is no ...

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Joe Robinson Quartet: While I'm Waiting

Read "While I'm Waiting" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Sitting on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, I won’t begin to expound on the politics of British jazz. All but ignored by Ken Burns’ Jazz series, you have to wonder if they have the equivalent of our Stanley Crouch and Wynton Marsalis show? Nonetheless, let us take this disc by the Joe Robinson Quartet free from US trends and fashion.

This six-track, forty-minute disc is a refreshing slice of post Dexter Gordon music making. Saxophonist Joe ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Triage

Self Produced
2021

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While I'm Waiting

Beezwax Records
2005

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While I'm Waiting

Vivid Records
2002

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