Robbie Boyd
... has recently
performed alongside Katie Melua at an intimate industry showcase and has played with Frank Turner too. He’s appeared live on ITV’s ‘This Morning’ twice with his band, and
has written a song with Matt Cardle from the X-Factor, and Ray Davies. He’s supported McFly and The Feeling in front of 30,000 people at the Olympic Park and his timeless songs have been regularly aired on BBC Radio 2 by Graham Norton, Paul O’Grady, Patrick Kielty, Sir Tim Rice, and Jeremy Vine, as well as Dave Gorman and Pete Donaldson on Absolute Radio. Tom Robinson and Chris Hawkins from BBC 6 Music as well as Hattie Pearson on Xfm have also shown him love.
Robbie’s toured the world from America, Argentina, Australia, Europe, Scandinavia to Japan, and he's performed alongside the likes of Jack Savoretti, Daughter, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Jack Garrett, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Kooks and Turin Brakes as well as. He's also co-written songs with Barry Mason, as well as some of Nashville’s finest, such as Rhett Akins, James Otto and Roger Cooke. Oh, and he also sang next to Chris Martin from Coldplay on stage once!
Look up
Der nächste Künstler, am heutigen Montag, ist kein Unbekannter mehr, wird er doch regelmäßig in seiner Heimat, UK, auf BBC gespielt. Die Rede ist von Robbie Boyd, seines Zeichens Singer und Songwriter im Genre des Folk/Indie Pop zu Hause. Heute ist es wieder einmal so weit, Mr. Boyd veröffentlicht eine neue Single.
"Look up" nennt sich das gute Stück und um es vorweg zu nehmen, es bietet einen Robbie Boyd in Bestform. Der Liedermacher überzeugt durch Optimismus und Authentizität, die musikalische Umsetzung hält er bewusst roh und erdig was "Look up" das Prädikat der Echtheit verleiht. Auf der einen Seite gefühlsbetont auf der anderen weist der Song durchaus rockige Elemente auf, welche den Track zu einem wie er sagt, "...it’s a sure-fired Easter cracker... " werden lassen.
"Look up" by Robbie Boyd, we say, listen to this timeless Folk/Indie Pop song and enjoy it ... definitiv ein hörenswerter Track, sollte auf alle Fälle auf jeder Indie/Folk Playlist vertreten sein!
Q&A
Robbie Boyd is...?
A down-to-earth, caring man who isn’t afraid to speak his truth. He is someone who always wants the best out of life, for him and others, and does his best to live it so. He doesn’t let other people’s opinions or perceptions of him get in the way, though he does value and respect everyone else’s views.
Robbie is very sure about what he wants to achieve in life – making music till he dies, living a rich and joy-full life, as free as possible from the torment, doubt and misery that many find themselves in, knowing that he’s already what he’s seeking inside him.
Who inspired you to make music in general?
My parents, most definitely. They were always singing on road trips in the car, or playing the piano and guitar at home, plus they booked me in for some recording studio time (along with my sisters – who were also big music fans and singers) as soon as I had written a few songs around University time, I’d already played the guitar and sung in choirs etc. since I was about 8 years old!
What's the story behind your latest release "Look Up", what or who was your inspiration?
The story behind it is that I was travelling on the underground and busses in London for a while, observing how long people were spending staring down at their screens, not ‘Looking Up’ and connecting with each other.
It made me realise that it’s so important to really be out there in life and showing people a different way, to not always be so fixated on your phone, but wonderfully living life, and appreciating all that it has to offer.
What are your first steps concerning "songwriting", how is the process respectively your procedure?
It depends on the situation / song. Sometimes I can wake up in the middle of the night with a melody and some form of words in my head and I record it, and then go to my studio either there and then and ‘flesh it out’ i.e. finish as much as I can of it off, other times, I would be sitting down at my desk wanting to let a song come through, and there it comes. Simple.
The Song is taken from your album "Time will tell", how would you describe the Album in a sentence?
Soul-full and heart-warming.
At this moment what would be your "All time Top 3 Songs"?
Moments, by Robbie Boyd! :)
Look Up, by Robbie Boyd! :)
And Gentle Ways, by Juzzie Smith
What's your most useful talent besides music?
Cooking
Do you remember your first ever self-written song?
I do, I was in the bath, wondering what real love would feel like, instead of all the emotional ups and downs type of love that I had been used to for so long. It came out as a song called ‘Wondering’.
What’s next for you?
Recording my next album, then a few more. Also, I’d love to tour the world again and play at as many festivals as I can.
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