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Winner of the 2009 Blues Blast Award for Female Blues Artist of the Year
Music has been Robin Rogers' consuming passion ever since her days as a teenaged street singer. Possessing a deeply expressive and soulful voice and an infectious enthusiasm for the blues, Robin and her band have developed a devoted and growing following. They were finalists in the Blues Foundation's 2004 International Blues Challenge, and the following year won the Foundation's "Best Produced CD" Award for Rogers' sophomore release, Crazy Cryin' Blues. Robin, who also plays a mean blues harmonica, has opened for the likes of Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, and Robert Cray.
Rogers' Blind Pig debut, entitled Treat Me Right, fulfills the promise of her previous two releases, revealing an accomplished artist of rare polish and originality. It is a showcase for Robin’s stylistic variety and vocal intensity, from the rolling R&B title track to the jazzy “Nobody Stays,” to the soulful groove of “Nobody’s Gonna Hurt You.” Treat Me Right features perhaps Rogers' most powerful composition, "Color-Blind Angel," a moving account of the life and death of white civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, who was assassinated by the KKK in 1965. AllMusic said of the album "the combination of excellent material and Rogers' compelling voice is what makes this a winner," while the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it "is consistently good -- no matter what she sings, Rogers pours herself into it. She's tough and tender, sometimes both at the same time." Robin is a 2009 Blues Music Award Nominee for "Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year."
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