Confessions Of A Closet-Folkie

So, that was Christmas...  ... the season of the iPod touch, "Doorbuster Sales" (what a sad term that is) and must-have video game...

Everything is broken... I'm the last person to point fingers at handymen. After all, I'm so inept around the house, that in my eyes,...

Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part Four) Revisiting old records that influenced you during your formative years can sometimes be a bit of a letdow...

I've got blisters on my fingers... I don't play the guitar. Not really. What I mean is, I don't practice. The only time I pick u...

Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part Three) Ian Dury may have arrived commercially via the Punk and New Wave explosion of the late 70s, but his musi...

Tales from the podcasting couch... When Ditchflower Brian Merrill approached me with the idea of doing a podcast to showcase our little reco...

Enjoying the ride... I've struggled a bit, in the past - as I suspect many of us do as we get a little older - with the whole idea of ...

Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part Two)... I first heard The Innocence Mission back in the 80s when a friend passed me a cassette tape that had th...

Website?... What website? So where the hell is steverobinsonmusic.com? Well, the official reason is the old standby -"technical difficu...

Swedish envy... It's that time of year again-- the dawning of another dreaded Florida summer, where the constant dreary hum of the air c...

Catch a wave...to Colorado? Well, the dream of relocating from Florida to Colorado may have been put on hold for a while (housing market tak...

Stamp of approval... Getting your Indie CD reviewed, whether in print or online, can be quite a challenge. You have to be aware that your CD...

Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 1)... Ok, so maybe "cheerful" and "Gilbert O'Sullivan" might appear to be a little oxym...

Sunshine Drenchy newsbrief... Hello poppy folk, Just a quick update for you on the upcoming Headlights/Ditchflowers show at the Largo Cultur...

It's like riding a bike... Of course, you can still fall off. I recently joined with my old mates in the Headlights at a rehearsal for o...

Monk's the word... Well, we're approaching the middle of January -- everyone's Christmas decorations have been safely packed awa...

Hearsay, there and everywhere... Although it's still up and running quite nicely thank you very much, steverobinsonmusic.com is current...

Blessed are the Meeks... On the heels of his rather glowing Indie Launchpad review , Colin Meeks kindly featured my nostalgia-tripping scho...

Is that an Irish lilt, or do you always stand like that?... I'm pleased to announce that the smart online retailer Miles Of Music has...

Absolute Power Pop...sort of... Living as I do, in that grey area between Folk and Pop music, I'm quite accustomed to occasional rejecti...