...Bottleneck blues, Gospel and lots of strong folk originals from Boston-based OHerin, who accompanies her Appalachian edged, rein-free vocals with some creative, dancing fingerpickin..." 2022 Capital Region Acoustic Blues ChallengeFinalist,  Robin OHerin is a Berkshire -based, acoustic blues and gospel musician with a hint of Appalachian mountain music. She plays bottleneck and fingerstyle guitar and mountain dulcimer. She has served as a song leader in several churches and led a traditional gospel choir. She opened for the Doobie Brothers in Pittsfield, MA.,  and for Vance Gilbert and Michael Powers in Sept 04. She was the headlining act in the Resophonic Blues Festival in Pilzen, CZ. Her arrangement of "Old Country Rock" has been used in the soundtrack for the PBS "2005 Roadshow Nations" Series (episode 4). For a complete listing of gigs (Robin is currently performing about 100 times a year) please check http://www.robinoherin.com

Sounds Like: Rory Block, Bonnie Raitt

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My Home Studio is Almost Complet

Building a home studio and learning a DAW so I can record for sync licensing has been quite a challenge, but I am getting there. Slow and steady wins the race. My song, Ease my Pain, is the first full song I have recorded in my home studio!!! upward and onward!

Bio-Resume

2022 Capital Region Acoustic Blues Finalist, 2009 Telluride Blues Challenge Finalist, and three-time Boston Blues Challenge Finalist, Robin O'Herin, specializes in historically rich, often interactive concerts that include original and traditional American music, for small listening rooms, libraries, festivals and schools, as well as online concerts. Her concerts are warm, affirming experiences she shares with the audience. Let her take you on a journey of musical exploration through the Delta and Piedmont regions of the South. Song selections may include Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and Robin's own original blues and fingerstyle ballads. She is currently building a home studio and working on recording original music for sync licensing. She has previously had music licensed to PBS multiple times.

Robin has toured in Europe and the United States. She was the headlining act in the Resophonic Blues Festival in Pilzen, CZ. in '05. She opened for the Doobie Brothers in Pittsfield, MA. and for Vance Gilbert and Michael Powers. Her arrangement of "Old Country Rock" and her original "Everhopeful" were used in the soundtrack for the PBS "2005 Roadtrip Nations" Series (episode 4). Robin has shared the stage with Brother Sun, Paul Geremia, Andy Cohen and Roy Bookbinder. She is currently working on a new CD. She has served as song leader in several churches and led a traditional gospel choir. She loves teaching and works with students of all ages teaching guitar, ukulele, singing, and songwriting. She has taught at guitar camps and programs for teens and adults with special needs.

CDs and downloads are available at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/robino

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2022 Capital Region Acoustic Blues Challenge Finalist
2013,14,15,16,17,18, 20, 21 Caffe Lena
2002-2012 RockOn! Band Camp Songwriting and guitar Instructor
2012 Caffe Lena Blues Festival
2012 Partnered with Music In Common
2012 Partnered with The Berkshire Music School Outreach Program
2011-2013 Spartan Launch After-school Program--Beginning blues guitar & songwriting.
2011 Guitar Jam III: Ladies Night Out @ The Colonial Theater, Pittsfield,
2011- Present Partnered with Guitarsintheclassroom.org
2010-Present Partnered with RaisingtheBlues.org
2011 Old Songs Sampler Concert, Altamont, NY
2010 FODFest @ The Colonial Theater, Pittsfield, MA
2010 WCUW Front Room Concert Series
2009 Telluride Acoustic Blues Challenge Finalist
2008 The Guthrie Center
2007 Taunton River Folk Festival
2007 Plymouth Blues and Folk Festival
2007 Black Potatoe Festival, NJ
2007 Opened for Paul Geremia
2007 Opened for Davis Coen, Bridgeport, CT
2006 Opened for Roy Bookbinder, Little Rock, AR
2006 Tropea Blues Festival in Tropea, Italy
2006 Memphis Blues Challenge finalist
2005 Licensed two songs to PBS for the soundtrack of the 2005 Roadtrip Nation DVD series (episodes 4 & 5)
2005 Headline act for the WRA's "Resophonic Blues Festival" in the Czech Republic
2004 Opened for the Doobie Brothers, Pittsfield, MA
2003 and 2005 Boston Blues Challenge Finalist
2003-Partnered with RockOn! Band Camp

Boston Blues News Review

...Punctuated by beautiful harmonies and intricate guitar, Red, White and Blues is a country blues and folk mix of old standards and originals that would make Mississippi John Hurt and Lead Belly proud...

Blues in Britain Review

Red, White and Blues comes with the sub-title ?blues, gospel and originals done in the tradition of the country blues?, which is a perfect description of the music on offer. O?Herin?s vocals have a natural ambience with these styles, evoking a warmth and sincerity which brings a palpable poignancy to numbers like Hold On, accentuated by her lilting slide and Peter Schneider?s Fender Rhodes keyboard, whilst her own vocals and the harmonies of Vikki True add a strong spiritual feel.

Sing Out! Review

...Bottleneck blues, Gospel and lots of strong folk originals from Boston-based O?Herin, who accompanies her Appalachian edged, rein-free vocals with some creative, dancing fingerpickin..."

The Promise

There once was a time when I felt so alone, then my Lord said to me,
?No, I?ll never, no never, never no never, never, ever leave thee.?

I hear you call, my love. You?re safe in my arms. I won?t let you fall, my love.
You won?t come to harm.

And I?ll never, no never, never no never, never, ever leave thee.

The King?s bride is glorious within. His beauty adorns her.
His grace is poured into her lips. His love has transformed her.

And He?ll never, never no never, never, ever leave thee.

Fly in Amber

Summer breeze caress so gently,
Soft and warm as a baby?s sigh.
Smells like rain, feels like summer,
I hear goodbyes in the distant thunder.

It?s hard to let go, it?s harder to hold on,
Fearing what?s ahead, longing for what is gone.
Like a fly in amber, captured in time.

My life?s an open door.
People come and people go.
I see starlight in your eyes.
In your arms I?m home.

Yesterday, seemed so timeless, tomorrow just a promise to come.
It?s come and gone now, we?ve learned to mind less,
The bumps in the road, the songs left unsung.

My life?s an open door.
People come and people go.
I see starlight in your eyes.
In your arms I?m home.

Brian's Song

I've been here before. I know I?ll make it through.
This sea of pain has a shore, but I don?t want to make it without you.
They say true love take?s time, And that time heals all wounds,
Time?s the one thing that I?ve got plenty of
I want to spend it, share it with you.

We?re working through who we are, me and you,
And we don?t know, where we?ll end up.
Seeing if there?s enough common ground,
But I do know, I don?t want to give up.

Sometimes in a person?s life,
there is a love that only comes once,
And it lasts for all eternity,
You are that love to me.

Hold On

Hold On, Hold On, Darlin? don't let go,
It?s just a little bit farther, round the bend down the road.
Hold On, Hold On, Don?t you wanna go,
just a little bit farther, round the bend down the road.

You put one foot in front of the other, breathe in, breathe out.
Look up, don?t look down, ?cause that?s not what it?s all about.

Hold on, Hold on, c?mon and take my hand,
Together we can make it, Darlin? to the Promised Land.