Welcome to my website! My name is Robert Graham - I am a Toronto based Canadian/Australian pianist and singer/songwriter. I am also a Music Director, accompanist, vocal/repertoire coach, entertainer, and educator.
If you are interested in learning more about my original music please read on. If you are interested in finding out more about my other roles, as listed above, please click on whichever link you are like in the menu bar!
NEWSFLASH!
My new single "BELIEVE IN LOVE" is ready for download! Upon release the song was named one of three Canadian songs of the day for the CBC Content Factory/Syndication music service for Radio One stations across the country. Just click on "HEAR MY MUSIC" on the menu bar above and it's all yours! All the songs from my "STORM IN A TEACUP" release are there too! If you wish to support my music and pay 99c for the new single please click here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/robertgraham2 or see the "Store" tab above for both the complete album and single. Thanks!
ROBERT GRAHAM - SINGER/SONGWRITER
In 2009 I released my debut album "STORM IN A TEACUP".
The album was produced by CHRIS BROWN (Bourbon Tabernacle Choir) and features some of the finest musicians in North America including ERIC SCHENKMAN (Spin Doctors), TEDDY KUMPEL (Rickie Lee Jones, Feist, Trent Reznor), ANTON FIER (Herbie Hancock, the Lounge Lizards), TONY SCHERR (Bill Frisell, Norah Jones), FORD PIER (DOA, the Rheostatics), not to mention and Eli and John Abrams of the fabulous ABRAMS BROTHERS. A complete list of the wonderful musicians who played on it can be seen in the "BIO" section of this site.
If you would like to hear the album please click on "Hear My Music" (above). More places to hear the album can be found in the "LINKS" section of this site.
Since it's release "Storm in a Teacup" has been recognized in a some notable (and also slightly bizarre) ways:
- 2010 BILLBOARD WORLD SONG CONTEST (Honorable Mention)
- 2011 DALLAS SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION SONGWRITING CONTEST (semi finalist)
- IRL MIDEM FRANCE 2011 Contest (finalist)
- iSTARS TALENT CONTEST 2011 (runner up)
- Inclusion in the soon-to-be-released Australian feature film "From Parts Unknown - Fight Like a Girl" (trailer here: http://www.zombieinfo.com/2011/09/from-parts-unknown-fight-like-a-girl-coming-soon/
- In-store radio licensing deal for the territory of Italy through Machiavelli Music
- Inclusion in the Post Media National Playlist
- Inclusion in the Songwriter's Association Canada (SAC) CBC Radio 3 Member's Playlist
- Selection in the libraries of various Music Licensing Companies including Crucial Music (CSI, Weeds)
- Radio airplay in various countries and radio features and interviews on the CBC, ABC, BBC, and NPR
- Inclusion in the DIVERSITY MUSIC GROUP After Dark Compilation CD
- Inclusion in the UE3 Artist Sampler CD Austin Spring 2012
- Extensive press and blog coverage (see "Press")
More details about all of this can be found in the "News" of this website.
IT'S ALL YOURS!
If you would like a FREE download of any songs from my debut album "Storm in a Teacup" please click the "HEAR MY MUSIC" link above. Please note that if you download it you will not get to see the photo of me and my twin brother Mark earning equal third place in the "Great Sunshine Coast Talent Contest" ( a recorder duet!) in 1981 which can be found in the hardcopy artwork (just saying....)
If you would like to get a hardcopy of the album or actually want to pay a few cents to download individual songs or you want a hardcopy through iTunes etc than please please check out the "STORE" section of this site or click here: http://www.robertgraham.org/store
T-shirts are also available (see below).
INTERVIEWS
If you are interested in listening to some radio interviews I have done which also feature some of the music from "STORM IN A TEACUP" you can click these links:
Barry Nichols from ABC WESTERN AUSTRALIA: http://www.robertgraham.org/publicfiles/BIG_SMOKE_22_SEPTEMBER_AIR.mp3
Amanda Putz from "BANDWIDTH" on CBC RADIO 1: AMANDA'S INTERVIEWS on cbcradio3.com
Joel Hurd from the "8:00 HOUR" on NCPR (NY): http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14859/20091209/brockville-musician-robert-graham-officially-releases-new-cd
and also Todd Moe from the same station: http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/audio/110118tmbrockvilleconcert.mp3?download
TV AND VIDEO
There is video footage to your immediate right of the "STORM IN A TEACUP" album launch at the Mansion in Kingston, as well as a TV interview and performance I did on the show "DAYTIME OTTAWA", together with guitarist Gerry McGrath. There's also a live acoustic vesrsion of "Don't Go" to your immediate right from a December 19th 2011 gig at the OLD NICK in Toronto featuring backup vocalists Daniel Williston and James King (plus some dumb jokes from me!)
APPEARING LIVE
I continue to write and have a whole bunch of new songs which I am playing live in the Toronto area. My new single "Believe in Love" will be released in March. Please check out the "Gigs" section of the site to see where I am playing next.
KEEP IN TOUCH!
Take some time to browse awhile, and DO leave your email address on my list (see the top right hand corner of this page). If you click on the Facebook and Youtube icons above there is more to see. ("Likes" are appreciated too!)
NEWSFLASH!
The new "Storm in a Teacup" T-Shirts are here! Show your support for independent music with these cool retro looking tees (as modeled by Cleandra Cousins). They come in men and women's styles and all different sizes - and they can be yours for only $15 (or for a limited time $25 with a copy of the CD) Email me at robertgraham70@gmail.com if you want one!
Thanks a lot for visiting my site! Don't forget to leave you email address and stay in touch!
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