: Robin Auld back with sensational blues album and national tour

ROBIN AULD BACK WITH SENSATIONAL BLUES ALBUM AND NATIONAL TOUR

Johannesburg, 7 February 2011: Well-established South African musician Robin Auld will be touring the country in February and March to promote his spectacular new album Fingers In My Pocket, an eclectic collection of blues and roots.

Best known for his early pop hits including All Of Woman and Love Kills, Auld went back to the studio in late 2010 and collaborated with world beat drummer Barry van Zyl resulting a contemporary album with a mix of blues, African and Celtic sounds. Even though the album contains blues-based lyrical themes, African influences are never far away with a reggae song and a traditional Cape Town “goema” song to spice it up. Slide guitar, harmonica, African blues guitar styling’s and soulful vocals are what will make Fingers In My Pocket a must-have in the album collections of both blues-enthusiasts, loyal Auld-followers and South African music lovers in general.

“Blues has been in my soul for a very long time and it was a fantastic challenge for me to put together something completely different and I am certain that people will enjoy this ‘yer basic got them walkin’, credit card, institutional failure, mean women and a sore head blues again” type of album!” said Auld.

Fingers In My Pocket is Auld’s twelfth offering. He is now based in the UK and has been recording in Cape Town, London, New York and Nashville and slowly and successfully building up his profile on international blues and roots circuits. The album will be available at his shows.

Along with songs from Fingers In My Pocket, Robin will be playing acoustic versions of his SA hits in a show that will enthuse and uplift – definitely an evening of South African musical excellence not to be missed! The tour kicks off in February and Robin will be performing at venues in the Eastern and Western Cape, Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal.

For press information and interviews, please contact Tim Hill at Tuned In Publicity on 082 888 5945 or tim.

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Eastern Cape
Friday 4 February 2011	The Barnyard, Mosselbay	21h00	R120
Saturday 5 February 2011	Quay 4, Knysna	TBC	Free
Wednesday 9 February 2011	Savoy Theatre, Port Elizabeth	21h00	R90
Friday 11 February 2011	Musos, East London	21h00	R80
Saturday 12 February 2011	Bathurst Arms, Bathurst	21h00	TBC
Sunday 13 February 2011	Potters Place, Jefferys Bay	20h00	R80
GAUTENG
Friday 18 February 2011	Steak n’ Ale, Pretoria	21h00	R80
Saturday 19 February 2011	Blouhound, Linden, Johannesburg	21h00	TBC
Sunday 20 February 2011	Lucky Bean, Melville	TBC	TBC
KWAZULU NATAL
Friday 25 February 2011	St Clements, Durban	21h00	R80
Saturday 26 February 2011	Open Strings, Westville	19h00	R120 including supper
WESTERN CAPE
4 March 2011	Dorpstraat Woordfees, Stellenbosch	21h00	TBC
Saturday 5 March 2011	Big Blue Festival	15h00	TBC
Sunday 6 March 2011	Rainbow Glen, Montague	16h00	TBC
Friday 11 March 2011	Elgin Blues Market, Elgin, Grabouw	TBC	TBC
Saturday 12 March 2011	Cape Farmhouse	TBC	R50
Wednesday 16 March 2011	Saronsberg Theatre, Tulbach	TBC	TBC
Saturday 19 March 2011 (with Albert Frost)	Die Boer, Durbanville	TBC	TBC
Sunday 20 March 2011	Cubana, Hermanus	TBC	TBC
Tuesday 20 March 2011	The Waiting Room, Cape Town	TBC	TBC
Wednesday 23 March 2011	Seaside Blues, Melkbos	TBC	TBC

Note – Western Cape dates being finalized and will be released in due course.

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