Robb Johnson.

Fri 19 Feb 2027Doors 19:00

Robb Johnson live at Rosslyn Court (again!)

Rosslyn Court · Margate

Note that this is on a FRIDAY not the normal Thursday. Robb’s widely recognised as one of the UK’s finest songwriters. “An English original”, (Robin Denselow, the Guardian) ... “a national treasure” (Mike Harding)… “one of this country’s most important songwriters (no argument!)” (fROOTS). He enjoys playing pubs, clubs, the occasional festival, art centres, benefits & picket lines. Before Brexit he toured regularly in Europe, & he has also visited the USA a couple of times. Robb has been releasing albums on his Irregular Records label since 1985. Particular highlights have been the song suite Gentle Men, a family history of the First World War told through the lives of his grandfathers, which received widespread praise when it was first performed & recorded as part of the Passendale Peace Concerts in 1997 & again when it was re-recorded in 2013, with Roy Bailey singing the grandfathers’ songs in both versions. In 2018 Robb released Ordinary Giants, a critically acclaimed 3 CD song suite based on his father’s life & times - “A masterwork” (fROOTS)…“A remarkable achievement” (Songlines)… “Monumental”-(FATEA) - & in 2019 he was commissioned to w...

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Sun 21 Feb 2027Doors 19:30

Robb Johnson

The Greystones · Sheffield

Contemporary singer/songwriter of the highest quality with a keen political instinct.

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Sun 21 Feb 2027Doors 19:30

Robb Johnson

The Greystones · Sheffield

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Sun 21 Mar 2027Doors 19:45

Robb Johnson

Cabbage Patch Pub · Twickenham

Robb Johnson is recognised as one of the finest songwriters in the UK and a genuine folk legend. His songs have featured in the repertoires of musicians from folk singer Roy Bailey to cabaret chanteuse Barb Jungr, and he enjoys a similarly diverse spectrum of critical acclaim. Robb has played pubs, clubs, pavements, pickets and benefits, arts centres and festivals, local radio, as well as BBC Radio 3 and 4, Belgian Radio 1, Nicaraguan TV, Channel 4 and the Albert Hall in London. He also plays extensively in Belgium, Holland and Germany, and he has toured Britain supporting Chumbawamba and the US with David Rovics. For several years, Robb has also been a regular feature of the Tolpuddle Festival, which led to him doing the same job at the Labour Live festival in June 2018. As a writer, Robb is a regular contributor to RNR magazine. He co-wrote Woman, a biography of Yoko Ono, with Alan Clayson and Barb Jungr, and The People’s Republic Of Neverland based on his experience of working as a teacher. He has worked with a variety of bands, with friend and fellow songwriter Leon Rosselson, as a member of the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow, as well as solo. In 2016, PM Press in the US released A...

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