Joe Robinson (musician)
| Joe Robinson | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
25 May 1991 Temagog, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Rock, blues, jazz, jazz fusion, folk, experimental |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Labels | Joe's Garage, MGM Distribution/Australia |
| Website | www |
Joe Robinson (born 25 May 1991), is an Australian guitar player and vocalist. A largely self-taught musician from Temagog, NSW, he is best known for his virtuoso guitar abilities and for winning the 2008 season of Australia's Got Talent.
Robinson was born in Temagog, New South Wales, Australia. He started playing piano at the age of six, only because he was told his fingers were too small to play the guitar. Aged ten, he quit piano and began to play the guitar. He outgrew his guitar teacher in less than 12 months, and started to teach himself from the internet.
When he was eleven years old, Joe began touring with different Australian artists, including Tommy Emmanuel, who became his mentor.
When Robinson was 13, he won the Australian National Songwriting Competition.
In 2006 he recorded his debut album, titled Birdseed, produced by Parris Macleod at Cloud Studios in Wyong, New South Wales.
At the age of seventeen, Robinson won the Australia's Got Talent grand finale on 1 July 2008, performing a fingerstyle cover of "Classical Gas."
In August 2008, Joe travelled to Nashville, TN and recorded his second album, "Time Jumpin'", with producer Frank Rogers. "Time Jumpin'" was released in 2009.
On 19 July 2009, Robinson was awarded the 2009 Senior Grand Champion Performer of the World at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles and also won the instrumental category among seniors in the same competition as well as the male instrumental categories Contemporary, Jazz, Open and Original Works in the class of 16- to 24-year-old contestants.
In September 2009 he formed the Joe Robinson Electric Project with Sam Marks on drums and Chris Haigh on bass, embarking on an Australian national tour. Joe was the opening act for Australian music icon John Farnham in a series of six consecutive shows at the Burswood Theatre in Perth in October 2009 as part of Farnham's comeback tour.
After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, he was invited to perform at the prestigious Bonnaroo Music Festival in June 2010.
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