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New to June 2009!

Free Download Bare Eternity Remix iTunes
From the upcoming album "Something Magical" due out late 2009.

Free Donation Downloads of selected tracks from complete collection.

Black Ice                                                          
Silk & Knives
Shimmer





Bare Eternity Lyrics

Robin Kelly is an experienced and eclectic singer/songwriter with three albums of original songs released since 1998.His songwriting flourished in the 90s as his life and health became more aligned. Prior to this his involvement in music had been very sporadic - from being the drummer as a Beatles-besotted 12 year old in his school band The Demons, to performing in a haphazard way at his university Folk club. In 1996, he wandered into a small independent recording studio run by Eamon O'Kane off Dominion Road in Auckland, clutching an old battered acoustic guitar. After much persuasion, Robin convinced Eamon to record a demo track "They Gave You His Name", a song about a World War 2 war veteran.


Pleased with the result, Robin and Eamon continued to meet on Thursday afternoons until,eighteen months later, his first album 'Black Ice' was complete.
(not to be confused with the AC/DC album Black Ice released a full 10 years later!)

His second album was recorded at Jim Morrogh's Manuka Studios in Orewa, North of Auckland. It was there he was introduced to multi-instrumentalist and arranger Mike McCarthy who has guided Robin through two other albums - the softer 'Silk and Knives' completed in 2002, and the contemporary country-tinged 'Shimmer' in 2006. Combining with Robin and Mike is leading New Zealand guitarist Robin Galley.

Robin performs his songs lives as part of his presentations and workshops, and as showpieces at conferences. His style is unique, but strong influences such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young are clearly evident in his songs. He loves all types of music, but the new breed of alternative country performers - including Allison Kraus and Ryan Adams - particularly excite him. Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Ron Sexsmith are also favourites.

NB. This website will soon have MP 3 acoustic sound clips, and on line purchases of all 3 CDs. Meanwhile contact us for orders.





Review extracts of Robin's CDs


Black Ice (1998)
Silk & Knives (2002)
Shimmer (2006)







Black Ice

“….I'm still not sure what genre to say, unless 80s-pop-folk. But that's not really right. I'm afraid this is 1 occasion where you can't take my words for it, you've just got to listen to Robin, who is Well worth the trial. Good acoustic performances. A strangely rich darkness that amazingly Never makes you depressed. How is this possible? How can he get AWAY with it?? I don't know.”

“…If this is the norm for NZ, I wanna go.”

Muse’s Muse Review. USA 1998

“Tender-tongued Aucklander Kelly reflects on urban violence, and close encounters in the Rotorua region with Edge of Darkenss style leads and an unobtrusive drum machine embellishing his own guitar….”

Listener. December 12 1998

Silk and Knives

“With a high lyrical voice, Robin Kelly would seem the classic Irish tenor, were he not from New Zealand. This fourteen song CD shows Kelly as a singer/songwriter with a good chance of putting his country on the map…”

Muse’s Muse Review. USA. 2002

Shimmer

"The recording and arrangement is flawless, creating a full sound, yet without overdoing it. ...Overall this is a well put together album, and would make a good companion on a winding sun-soaked coastal road."

New Zealand Musician. Feb/March 2007.