CD albums below:
Style: Soft rock, latin jazz, Spanish, American Folk and original.
Origin:
UK. However, was raised in Ibiza and spent years in Hamburg from where
he discovered Eastern Europe and the Rivieras. An International through
and through. Quadra-lingual.
Education:
Hotel management, actually! Course work suffered through inability to
put down the guitar, or stay away from bars doing gigs. Eventually took
to the road and learnt from that old-school favourite: Real Life.
Previous bands:
Miles From Nowhere, Whiskey Smile, The Wandering Hands. (Who!?)
Got very involved in Pinky Poos in London. THE innovative open mic/acoustic
performance show for about 7 years. Every Tuesday. (One night a week.
That's a whole year of life. Eek!) Performed with fantastic players
there: Kevin Armstrong, Blair McKeachan, JC001, Keziah Jones, and more
Released 'Shoo-Lallelujah . . .' in 2000 on his own label, Chocolate Box. It featured Spanish guitarist Stephen Dunphy and was instrumental in getting his songs widely spread around. Recorded live, in Mono, on Mini Disk in a Basement Bar in Bayswater, this album went all around the world to surprising response!
Having just released the second single off the Steve Brown-produced EP Escapado, the release is being prepared for the first Winter Roberts album, 'Daymaker' recorded live in front of an intimate audience of 200.
Live Performances:
Ronnie Scotts, Café de Paris, Café Royal: London
Cutting Room, Back Fence, The Under Score: NYC
Sopot Festival: Poland (1st place), Çesme Festival: Turkey (1st place)
Grosse Freiheit, Logo, Musikhalle, Kaiserkeller: Hamburg
The Casino of Ibiza with Nina van Pallant of Nina and Frederik.
and a thousand or so bar gigs - too many to mention!
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Miles Winter Roberts is available as a solo artist or full band for selected events.
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Web links for further study.:
www.winterroberts.com (Main site)
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Summary;
High standard professional performance.
Good rapport with audience using subtle humour.
Sounds like: Latin, jazz, country rock with undertones of blues to flamenco!
Song: Original articulate compositions with a few eclectic cover songs.
Apparent influences: James Taylor, Jose Feliciano, Carol King, Neil Diamond, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, Tim Hardin, Tony Joe White and more.
Venue type: All - festivals to intimate club preferably a seated audience such as culture house, cabaret.