Robb Johnson

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See here for Robb Johnson with Roger Watson

See here for Murder at the Grange - a festive whodunnit featuring a cast of Irregulars, available throughout late November and December.

Robb Johnson says he’s just a bloke with a guitar. He is. But he’s one who has chronicled our times: painting the less-than-sunny political landscape in the moonlight of the personal. Just like a folk singer should.

"Britain's finest songwriter since Richard Thompson"- Venue \ "An English original" - Robin Denselow, The Guardian \ "Love songs as touching as the political material is sharp." - Red Pepper \ "The real deal when it comes to songwriting" - Mike Harding, BBC Radio2 \ “One of this country’s most important songwriters (no argument!)” -(fRoots) \ "One of the best" - Maverick

"There is no songwriter to compare with Robb Johnson operating in the UK" - R2

Robb Johnson - The Future Starts Here from Tony Judge on Vimeo.

Robb Johnson is widely recognised as one of the UK’s finest songwriters. “one of our best singer-songwriters ever” (Mike Harding). He gigs in the UK, Belgium, Germany & the USA, & his songs have been covered by many singers, from folk legend Roy Bailey to acclaimed cabaret diva Barb Jungr, & he enjoys a similarly diverse spectrum of critical acclaim – “a modern-day Dostoyevsky” said the USA’s Dirty Linen, Mojo made the double CD Gentle Men Folk Album Of The Month & Tony Benn said Johnson’s “Winter Turns To Spring” was his favourite song.

He has played pubs, clubs, pavements, pickets & benefits, arts centres & festivals, local radio, BBC Radio 3 & 4, Belgian Radio 1, Nicaraguan TV & Channel 4, the Albert Hole in Bristol &, the Albert Hall in London. In February 2006 Robb appeared at the Barbican as part of the prestigious BBC “Folk Britannia” series, where “for the encore, Robb Johnson leads all the artists (and the audience) in the World War I song ‘Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire’ in a concert that was screened on BBC4. Robb has been the featured guest on Andy Kershaw’s Radio 3 programme.

In autumn 2025 Robb will be releasing an album of new songs, recorded at Room 13 in Gent. The Rain Might Fall Up consists of 9 songs (the CD has a bonus 10th song) that tell a variety of stories and a cast of characters that include a Big Issue vendor, the legendary guitarist Wizz Jones, and a woman who feeds the king of the foxes. They don’t all end happily, but the songs share a celebration of hopefulness in dark times.

Robb will be looking for solo gigs to celebrate the release of this album in the latter half of 2025 and beyond.

Gentle Men and Ordinary Giants - details of Robb's 2 song suites about the First and the Second World war respectively, based on the experiences of his grandfather and his father

Dates 2025

See Robb's own website for a full gig-list including those with the Irregulars.

Sun 26 Jan
The Green Note
106 Parkway, Camden, London NW1 7AN

Sun 23 Feb
Twickfolk
The Cabbage Patch
Twickenham

Fri 4 April
Ye Olde Rose & Crown
53 Hoe Street Walthamstow
London E17 4SA

Thu 1 May
Railway Inn
2 Station Road
Portslade, BN41 1GA With Roger Watson (1st official duo gig)

Thu 22 May
Islington Folk Club
Brewhouse & Kitchen,
2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ

18-20 July
Tolpuddle Festival
Dorset