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Her most recent recording is John Brown’s Body (Tzadik), a collection of solo piano compositions, a string quartet and duets and trios with Eyvind Kang, Steve Moore and Dave Carter. Solos (Songlines) features solo piano music by Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz, performed by the composers. On the Nonesuch label, The Big Time (2002) is a collection of original songs and arrangements of songs from the Anthology of American Folk Music. Also on Nonesuch, Little Three (1996) is a solo recording of piano music and songs, preceded by Rockabye (1992) and Robin Holcomb (1990). Earlier recordings of instrumental music include Larks, They Crazy and Todos Santos, both on the German Sound Aspects label. Other recording projects include appearances on Bill Frisell’s landmark Nashville recording and contributions to Burt Bacharach, Serge Gainsbourg and Mississippi Sheiks tribute compilations. Ms. Holcomb is frequently invited to perform in the multi-artist tribute concerts produced by Hal Willner and Janine Nichols, including Came So Far For Beauty: The Music of Leonard Cohen, Shock and Awe: The Music of Randy Newman, The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited and The Doc Pomus Project.
Her work has been called "remarkable" (CMJ), "stunning" (Option), "entrancing" (Billboard) and "sensitive, descriptive, adventuresome and full of soul" (Washington Post). "Hers is an unsettling, utterly original vision." (Entertainment Weekly) According to The New York Times: "Ms. Holcomb has done something remarkable here: she has created a new American regionalism, spun from many threads —country, rock, minimalism, Civil War songs, Baptist hymns, Appalachian folk tunes, even the polytonal music of Charles Ives. The music that results is as elegantly simple as a Shaker Quilt, and no less beautiful."
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Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee: Behind The Delicate Sound Of 'Reno'
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines on composer and pianist Robin Holcomb and cellist Peggy Lee.These two musicians have been creating music together for the better part of two decades. Their new album, Reno (Songlines), captures something rare: the kind of musical conversation that happens when two artists know each other's musical language inside and out. Robin's songs draw from American folk traditions while her piano work moves into territories that feel both classical and completely free. Peggy brings a ...
Continue ReadingRobin Holcomb: One Way or Another - Volume 2
by Vic Albani
"Ascoltate attentamente. Abbiamo bisogno di cose come questa." (Bill Frisell) In occasione della recensione di One Way or Another -Volume 1 avevo scritto: “in poco più di trentotto minuti la signora Robin Holcomb distribuisce ancora una volta sapienza e bellezza." Devo necessariamente ripetermi per questo secondo volume che esce a due anni di distanza dal primo. Qui i minuti sono poco più di trentanove ma la bellezza è intatta e reiterata. E ribadisco ...
Continue ReadingRobin Holcomb, Damon Locks, Don Paul, Amanda Gardier and More
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Robin Holcomb, Damon Locks, the Jessica Jones Quartet and Posi-Tone Records' super group Blue Moods.Playlist Dashawn Hickman “ Don't Let The Devil Ride" from Drums, Roots & Steel (Little Village Foundation) 0:00 Amanda Gardier “ Electroshock Therapy" from Auteur (Postal) 6:19 Afro Peruvian New Trends Orchestra Corina Bartra “Tun Tun Tun-La Herida Oscura" from Cosmic Synchronicities (Blue Spiral) 14:12 Omar Thomas “ Sail to the Moon" from Griot Songs (Self Produced) 19:18 Host Speaks 32:36 ...
Continue ReadingYuseff Dayes, Robin Holcomb, Sähköpaimen, African Head Charge and more
by Cliff Furnald
This program includes Yuseff Dayes, Paula Barranco, Novalima, Robin Holcomb, Outer Park, La Cantiga de la Serena, Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu , Voyagers, Zulya, African Head Charge, and Sähköpaimen. ...
Continue ReadingBeth Orton, Robin Holcomb, New Mastersounds, Harlem Gospel Travelers & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Unbridled fun, the long tail of Hal Willner's work, an all-star band that celebrates 40 years of the Jazz sous les pommiers Festival, and jazz inspired by Maurice Ravel, soul, funk, gospel blues and folk are at the heart of this week's edition of Mondo Jazz. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The New Mastersounds “Could've Been So Good" The Deplar Effect (Color Red) 0:16 Host talks ...
Continue ReadingRobin Holcomb: One Way or Another - Volume 1
by Vic Albani
"Ascoltate attentamente. Abbiamo bisogno di cose come questa." (Bill Frisell) In poco più di trentotto minuti Robin Holcomb distribuisce ancora una volta sapienza e bellezza. Conosco poche persone che comprendono sino in fondo la grandezza di Robin. Alcuni profondi amanti del movimento jazzistico che ha scolpito quello che si potrebbe chiamare il “new jazz" dagli anni Ottanta in avanti, la ricordano quale artefice di meravigliose avventure accanto al suo compagno di vita e d'arte Wayne Horvitz e ...
Continue ReadingSara Schoenbeck: Sara Schoenbeck
by Karl Ackermann
Sara Schoenbeck is cast against type in the world of bassoonists. The versatile double reed, broad-ranged instrument dates to the Renaissance and is commonly found in wind ensembles and chamber orchestras. But Schoenbeck has brought her classical-leaning instrument to creative music in an electrifying body of work. Her self-titled leader debut is the first such project of her career. A series of nine duets allows Schoenbeck to fully explore the scope of the bassoon in close settings. Not ...
Continue ReadingRobin Holcomb And Peggy Lee Join Forces On 'Reno,' Out September 12, 2025
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Robin Holcomb and Peggy Lee have been making music together for two decades, including The Point of It All (Songlines, 2010), a collaboration between Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, and Vancouver jazz quartet Talking Pictures. Now Robin and Peggy have made a duo recording, featuring eight enigmatic Holcomb songs and eight of her instrumental pieces. The intimacy and improvisational interplay of the music-making are remarkable, as are the realism and beauty of the sound. This music is hard to pin down—it reaches ...
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Singer/Songwriter Robin Holcomb Interviewed at All About Jazz
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While she's been around since the early '80s, emerging in New York's Downtown Scene alongside husband Wayne Hortivtz, pianist/vocalist Robin Holcomb made her first major leap onto a broader radar with her eponymous 1990 debut, on Nonesuch Records. Her ability to combine left-leaning concerns with Americana traditionalism and historical concerns have made her a unique voice in the singer/songwriter arena, while still maintaining unshakable ties with avant concerns on albums like the largely instrumental Little Three (Nonesuch, 1996) and Solos, ...
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Robin Holcomb at the Stone (NYC) on April 15 - 18
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Michael Ricci
ROBIN HOLCOMB AT THE STONE APRIL 15 - 18, 2010 The Stone Avenue C and 2nd Street, NYC $10 ROBIN HOLCOMB performs a variety of projects at The Stone ranging from a reunion of The 25 O'Clock Band, a first collaboration with noted experimental novelist Lynne Tillman, a set of songs with the remarkable songwriter Tony Scherr and Doug Wieselman and a performance of songs and instrumental compositions with Larks, They Crazy, ...
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Robin Holcomb's The Big Time Set For Release On Nonesuch
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All About Jazz
Marks First New Collection Of Songs Since Acclaimed 1992 Album Rockabye
Following in the style of her first two Nonesuch releases, the self-titled debut (1990) and Rockabye (1992), Robin Holcombs newest release The Big Time finds the acclaimed songwriter reunited with producer Wayne Horvitz in her first collection of new songs in a decade. The house band for The Big Time is Horvitz's Zony Mash-- Keith Lowe (Fiona Apple, David Sylvian, G-Love) on bass, Timothy Young (David Sylvian) on guitar, ...
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...bringing together the disparate terrain of our American musical landscape, from folk tunes to free jazz, with a thin yet haunting voice that evokes the real spirit of country music - the oral tradition. —Kiki Mason, Vanity Fair
