Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Saddle Creek
Album: MBAR
Song: The Sound
Avails
- time period:
- 2010: Spring, SXSW opportunities and to support/package
- situation:
- Available for one-offs, colleges, and festivals
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Bio
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, based on name alone, may sound like a president on first offing, but give his eponymous, debut album a spin and you'll soon realize a more relevant career has presented itself for this 25-year-old Brooklyn bard. This is modern music made the old-fashioned way: take ragged, soulful and completely compelling hymns for tough times, throw into the mix an impressive array of backing musicians, and just record what happens. His sophomore album is Summer of Fear, out October 20th on Saddle Creek Records. New York has been sadly lacking a proper troubadour looking at the stars while mired in the gutter--but in Miles, we have our man. Read More...
Career Highlights
- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson 2009 Highlights!
- Miles' song "The Debtor" defines the sound of now!
- "Woodfriend" one of Q Magazine's 50 Essential Tracks
- Q Magazine gives "Transgressive" 4 stars
- New York Times Arts Beat SXSW video highlight
- Live video sessions at The Laundromatinee
- Track "My Good Luck" appears on KEXP Music That Matters
- Dell Lounge Monolith Festival Live Video Interview!!!
- Village Voice: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson's Empire of Dirt
- Pitchfork "Forkcast" Review
- Featured cover and interview in FADER's 2008 Summer Music Issue
- "One of the most emotionally and musically evocative and compelling records of the year" -Other Music
