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Singer/Songwriter Robin Holcomb Interviewed at All About Jazz

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Robin Holcomb
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, an album of alternating a capella piano works with Horvitz.

The Point of It All (Songlines, 2010) brings together Holcomb's multifaceted interests. A collaboration with Horvitz and Canadian group Talking Pictures, it combines Holcomb's fragile lyricism and deep-rooted concerns with free improvisation, and is clearly her most fully realized work to date.

Gordon Marshall spoke with Holcomb about the new record, writing music for films, and where her songwriting muse will be taking her in the coming year.

Check out Robin Holcomb: Distinctive Mysteries at All About Jazz today!

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