Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His current release,Bluegrass Vacation on Compass Records, returns him to his bluegrass roots, with a large group ofmasterful musicians including Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Justin Moses, Ronnie McCoury, Alison Brown,David Grier, Tim O’Brien, Todd Phillips, John Cowan, Brennen Leigh, Randy Kohrs, Sierra Hull, StuartDuncan, Shad Cobb, and Chris Eldridge. Across 11 new original songs (and one freewheelinginterpretation of the Delmore Brothers), Robbie covers themes like small-town blues, the endurance ofchildhood memory, inebriation, love, divorce, the role of music in strengthening family bonds, losing a...
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Robbie Fulks is a singer, recording artist, instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. His current release,Bluegrass Vacation on Compass Records, returns him to his bluegrass roots, with a large group ofmasterful musicians including Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Justin Moses, Ronnie McCoury, Alison Brown,David Grier, Tim O’Brien, Todd Phillips, John Cowan, Brennen Leigh, Randy Kohrs, Sierra Hull, StuartDuncan, Shad Cobb, and Chris Eldridge. Across 11 new original songs (and one freewheelinginterpretation of the Delmore Brothers), Robbie covers themes like small-town blues, the endurance ofchildhood memory, inebriation, love, divorce, the role of music in strengthening family bonds, losing a
loved one to Alzheimer’s, and bluegrass itself.
Radio: multiple appearances on WSM’s “Grand Ole Opry”; PRI’s “Whadd’ya Know”; NPR’s “Fresh Air,”
“Mountain Stage,” and “World Cafe”; and the syndicated “Acoustic Cafe” and “Laura Ingraham Show.” TV:
PBS’s Austin City Limits; NBC’s Today, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Later with Carson Daly, and 30
Rock. From 2004 to 2008 he hosted an hourlong performance/interview program for XM satellite radio,
“Robbie’s Secret Country.” Artists who have covered his songs include Sam Bush, Kelly Hogan, Andrew
Bird, Mollie O’Brien, Rosie Flores, John Cowan, and Old 97s.
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