Dana & Susan Robinson | Neo-Traditional Singer-Songwriters

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	'Round My Door (Threshold Music 2008) ‘Round My Door finds Dana delving ever deeper into his visions of the American landscape. Songs such as “Everett Ruess,” “’Round My Door,” “Cotton From The Clay” and “Watercolor Eyes” highlight Dana’s ability to “…paint with words images so arresting they seem three dimensional” (Rock and Reel), while songs like Woody Guthrie’s “Pastures of Plenty” and the old-time tune “Glory in the Meeting House” are a nod to their traditional influences. The arrangements are classic Dana & Susan Robinson with the guitar and banjo front and center and smatterings of percussion, mandolin, piano, and steel and electric guitar around the edges. Click CD cover for overview
	Native Soil (Threshold Music 2004) Dana and Susan's debut recording as a duo, Native Soil has one foot rooted in southern old-time stringband tradition and the other in an all-culture blend of third-world rhythms, crooked English ballads, funky banjo originals, and vocal harmonies. Click CD cover for overview
	Avenue of the Saints (Threshold Music 2002) In Avenue of the Saints, Dana Robinson writes about place, and its connection with the heart. Farmer Saints, Cowboys, Tramps, Railroad workers, Soul Searchers, and Hemp Activists all inhabit these songs. The Berkshire Mountains, Nevada desert, Sandhills of Nebraska, Iowa farmland, the Susquehanna, Mississippi, and Brazos Rivers provide settings for these characters. *Click CD cover for overview and lyrics.*
	The Trade (Threshold Music 2000) The Trade is infused with the soul of the American landscape. Produced by award-winning producer Bil VornDick, and recorded in Nashville, the arrangements feature a rootsy stringband sound with a contemporary rhythm section. Click CD cover for overview and lyrics.
	Midnight Salvage (Threshold Music 1997) Midnight Salvage includes songs written since Dana's move to Western Massachusetts in 1995. The arrangements highlight Dana's unique percussive fingerstyle approach and harmonies with Lui Collins and Rani Arbo. *Click CD cover for overview and lyrics.*
	Elemental Lullabye (Threshold Music 1994) Dana's debut CD includes songs written during his seven years living in Vermont's northern Green Mountains. Co-produced with Pete Sutherland, the arrangements feature Pete's fiddle playing, the bottleneck slide of Brooks Williams, the haunting vocals of Patty Casey, sparse drums and acoustic bass. *Click CD cover for overview, and lyrics.*