Robbie Lee

Robbie Lee: Prismatist

by Troy Dostert
January 31, 2022

Multi-instrumentalist Robbie Lee has been crafting inventive music since the early 2000s, in a variety of contexts including a rock and roll outfit called Creature Automatic and sideman appearances with folks ranging from Cass McCombs to Mary Halvorson. Lee's duo album with Halvorson, Seed Triangular (New Amsterdam, 2018) is worthy of special note, as it features Lee on a range of medieval and baroque-era instruments that he harnesses in a radical improvisatory context; Lee's unconventional choices open up fascinating possibilities ...