Pneumonia fells Robison shows
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 – Bruce Robison has canceled tour dates due to pneumonia.
Robison was admitted to the hospital near his home in Austin several weeks ago and diagnosed with pneumonia and a bacterial infection. Robison is now at home recovering.
He canceled shows in Little Rock, Ark.; Nashville; Decatur, Ga.; Charlotte, N.C.; Vienna, Va.; Pittsburgh and Worthington, Ohio. They will be rescheduled. Robison also was forced to cancel shows in Texas. Ticket refunds will be available at point of purchase.
Robison, who recently released "Bruce Robison And The Back Porch Band," returns to the road on Friday, June 16 when he and wife Kelly Willis perform a co-headline show with Dale Watson and Ray Benson at ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin.
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CD reviews for Bruce Robison
Fortunately, Bruce Robison doesn't use the word "hits" in naming this package of 10 songs. Some actually were hits, only not for him. Instead, Robison re-records songs he previously released, in effect, in order to get ownership back of the songs. Robision released several albums through Sony before striking out on his own. His greatest success came as a songwriter, and his enormous skills are on display here.
The tall Texan does not have the emotional delivery of Natalie Maines ...
Bruce Robison isn't an artist to joyously consume because of his singing voice. It is plain, though obviously functional by professional standards. But this Texas native really should labeled a songwriter/singer instead of the other way around. His songs are more spot-on real than Todd Snider, the performer with which his own world view is most closely aligned. Robison doesn't so much pull the listener into his own world as make that person believe he's been watching him. ...
Bruce Robison does music on his terms. He releases an album - this is a seven-song EP - every so often, tours some, sometimes with wife Kelly Willis, and writes songs for others.
While not exactly having a high profile career in his own right, Robison's music remains strong. He always sings well, with sufficient grit to avoid being overly smooth and certainly avoids being tagged a songwriter who writes great songs, but can't really sing them. He easily infuses songs the right sense of ...
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