ROBYN LUDWICK - Out Of These Blues

2011 Many a green song writer has squeezed callow lyric from near-emptydiaries, hoping that one day life might see up with their words. RobynLudwick entered the man of song primed by years of life lived. Whenpen did get to paper, it teemed with ink-and was determined by a handsoftened by jazz and reinforced by life.Her earliest nights found her sprawled across the folding chairs ofmany a Hill Country dancehall, eyelids closing on her grandparents, asthey twirled each other over creaky wooden floors.

Her older brotherswould grow to be Two of Texas` favorite sons, Bruce and Charlie Robison.While her schoolmates were embracing the rituals of small-town Texas;Robyn was teaching herself guitar and sneaking off to Austin, immersingherself in the city`s wealth of lively music. Eventually she`d settlethere, where rent was paid working the threshold at the world famousContinental Club. Robyn shared many a lean meal with her brothers inthose South Austin days. From their Goodwill couch, she planned a stablefuture for her and the house she hoped to one day have. She shelveddreams of a vocation in medicine and enrolled in The University of TexasSchool of Technology and eventually took work in that field. Just aftershe and husband John "Lunchmeat" Ludwick had their first child, andfelt their road had been paved, Robyn was set off. The intensity ofsuch life changes woke Robyn`s sleeping songwriter."It only pretty much poured out at that point. I think it was time,you know." Robyn cashed in her pension, and dove headfirst into hercraft.The critics agreed that it was time, as 2005`s For So Long , Produced by the legendary Danny Barnes of Bad Livers, was named a top 10 album of the class by both the Austin Chronicle, and renowned Austin public radio station KUT-FM. It went to No. 1 on the Euro-Americana Music Chart and earned her a raved-about SXSW 2006 showcase (sponsored by No Depression, the Americana magazine), and a slot at the 2006 Austin City Limits Music Festival.After many acclaimed performances for American and European audiences, Robyn got to run on her second album. Too Much Desire, another set of soulful originals. Released in 2008 to many a stunning review, contributions from Grammy nominee Eliza Gilkyson, Rich Brotherton, Mike Hardwick and more, coalesce with a timeless execution on Robyn`s part, the outcome of which is, as AllMusicputs it: "_elegant and refined as a straight razor; it takes noprisoners, makes no apologies. In other words, it`s just drop-deadgorgeous."Look for Robyn`s latest, Out of These Blues, when it hits the rack early 2011. It features a dizzying cast, including Producer/Multi-instrumentalist Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Blaze Foley), Ian "Mac" MacLagan (Small Faces, Faces, Rolling Stones), John Ludwick, Eddie Cantu, Gene Elders (George Strait, Lyle Lovett), Trish Murphy and Slaid Cleaves.