March 2007

The Robin Phillips Sextet heads into the studio

Robin and his six-piece ensemble went to The Lodge recording studios in Northampton to record the group’s new EP this month. The band recorded in a variety of ensembles from solo to six-piece and covered songs including Loverman, It Don’t Mean a Thing, Mr P.C. and a new arrangement by Robin which medleys Mack the Knife, When the Saints and In the Mood, called Saint Mack’s Mood. MP3s will be available from this website soon.

Robin appears on BBC TV London

Robin appeared on BBC London this week in a news item looking at songs about London. The news article was looking at songs about London in the run up top the 2012 Olympics and asked Robin to perform ‘ Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner’ at one of his regular performance venues, The William IV pub in N1.

by repmusic