Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Midnight Oil, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, White Stripes, Indigo Girls, Beck, Dylan, Coldplay, Paul Kelly, Ben Folds, Neil Finn, REM, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, Nick Cave
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Good original intelligent pop/rock/folk with punch, melody and great lyrics.
Neil Robertson is a prolific singer/songwriter based in Melbourne, Australia. He began writing songs while travelling through South America and has been performing and recording both as a solo artist and with a number of bands and acoustic/roots projects since the 1990s.
Influenced by a wide range of rock, acoustic and roots music, Robertson has twice been a finalist in the Port Fairy Folk Festival Songwriting Competition and was the winner of the Roddy Read Songwriting Award at the 2006 Maldon Folk Festival.
He has hundreds of songs and a number of independent CD releases to his credit. His latest release is the self produced solo album 'Wake Up The Dead" and he is currently working on a new acoustic solo album. He also plays alongside singer/songwriters Wendy Ealey and Moira Tyers in exciting acoustic and vocal harmony trio Unsung.
Robertson is also an accomplished producer and audio engineer and runs the Decibels Recording Studio in Melbourne, producing local bands and artists and leading community based music and songwriting workshops.
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Hey Neil, Cheers for adding us as a friend. great to hear from you. EBH is still rockin' away. Hope YOUR musical pursuits are kickin' goals too! Hope to see you 'round the traps.
Hey Neil, thanks for the invite. Glad to hear you are still performing! We are touring pretty heavily and I just accepted a position as a music teacher...its great. We would love to p;ay in Melbourne....any ideas?? Trudy :)
Thanks Neil! Ahhh we do so love playing at Port Fairy... Just got back from Illawarra folk fest - excellent time, but a very different festival. Thanks for remembering us nearly one year later!
hey neil, yeah everything going great guns! my band Stillsons r playin on feb 19th at the lomond, and on march 1st at the sydney rd festival, you should check us out. Our set has been gettin tighter and tigher :)
.."Wake Up The Dead" by Neil Robertson is an excellent acoustic-based adult rock CD. Neil's songwriting is at the front of the list of the many admirable qualities of this CD, Neil's lyrics are clever and relevant, and his melodies are memorable and catchy. The musicianship and Neil's vocals are very good, and the band is tight. The production is clean, and well-suited for Neil's songwriting style, nicely mixing rock, pop and folk. “ Rocking Down My Road” builds to a memorable, harmony-filled chorus, and features excellent lyrics. “Goodness Gracious” effectively adds harmonica and banjo to the mix to give the song more depth. “Change The World” is one of our favorite tracks, with relevant lyrics and an excellent build from nice acoustic verses to a harmony and hook-filled chorus. If you enjoy folk rock singer-songwriters, you'll enjoy this CD. ..-RadioIndy Reviewer Team Check out Neil Robertson's music on RadioIndy. com with link to purchase and links to popular sites
Neil - the album launch was great - love the new songs (and the new versions of some of your old classics). The title track Wake Up the Dead is GOLD. Cheers Cram
Neil, I heard your song on Australian Mood on 3RRR last Thursday night as I was driving to my band gig in Belgrave, congratulations on the release of your new cd and I look forward to seeing you at 303 Sunday week as part of the Guild (no, I won't be playing!!!) regards, Craig Pittendrigh.
