Tad Robinson – Soul in Blue
Tad Robinson – Soul in Blue
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Delmark Records
Release: 2025
Release date: May 2, 2025
Tad Robinson returns to Delmark with a much-anticipated brand-new recording ‘SOUL IN BLUE’ !
His first as a leader on Delmark since 1998’s Last Go Round; Tad recorded his debut album as a leader way back in 1994 on Delmark (One To Infinity.) He’s added his remarkable soul-drenched vocals and powerful, yet tasteful harp playing to many Delmark recordings over the years, including such hit titles from Dave Specter, Floyd McDaniel, Al Miller, and Rockwell Avenue Blues Band !
Soul-blues singer TAD ROBINSON, was born and raised in Manhattan. At the age of 30, he settled in the second city, drawn there by Chicago’s rich blues heritage. His apprenticeship in the Windy City as a harmonica player led him to the blues clubs and his pure soul inflected voice kept him in demand fronting bands and as a top-tier session singer. After signing with the DELMARK label in the 90’s, Robinson became a regular on the blues circuit in the U.S. and in Europe, and has collected two W.C. Handy Award nominations and eight Blues Music Award nominations in the ensuing years. Along the way he’s been drawn to musicians and kindred souls whose creativity thrives at the nexus of soul and blues.
It’s been six years since Robinson released the Blues Music Award-nominated REAL STREET. Robinson proves on his new DELMARK album Soul In Blue that he still has plenty of skin in the blues game. Six of these tracks were recorded in Indianapolis with his longtime road band, plus special guests, including long time cohorts and friends, guitarists extraordinaire, ALEX SCHULTZ and DAVE SPECTER! Four tracks were cut in Chicago at Delmark’s Riverside Studio with the DELMARK ALL-STARS.(Mike Wheeler, Roosevelt Purifoy, Carlos Showers, Larry Williams, Pooky Styx.) You’ll savor the sounds of a set of mostly self-penned songs along with two covers, of Wilson Pickett, and Arthur Adams, rounding out the list. Robinson and his remarkable collaborators imbue each track with the varied shades of Chicago soul, in blue.
Website: https://tadrobinson.com/
Tracks:
01. Keep It In The Vault
02. Out Of Sight And Out Of Mind
03. Somewhere There’s A Train
04. (I’m) Down To My Last Heartbreak
05. Deeper Than You Think
06. It’s Private Tonight
07. Keep Your Heart Open For Love
08. Up In The Air
09. Forgive And Forget
10. This Time