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About Me

"This music is in the vein of Terami Hirsch (without the electrics), Sarah Slean (without the drunk-ish vocals) and perhaps, Tori Amos (without the nuts). I love all those women and Robertson fits right in.
The piano is gorgeous. It makes me want to close my eyes and just melt while it washes over me. Her voice is semi-girly and sweet, but not too sugary. It's got an edge too. I like that there is a bit of a cabaret feel (which brings the Slean comparison)."
- Collected Sounds review of the The Bee Tree"Her lyrics and music are creative and whimsical in a manner that would remind some of the band Eisley, without being a copycat. One might also be tempted to measure her against pop singer/songwriters like Vanessa Carlton, until you realize you can't because Robertson is better than that. Songs like "Your Lovely Bones" just tip the scale in Kristilyn's favour, exhibiting her artful lyrics and lovely vocals in a manner that should make everyone stop and notice. Overall, The Bee Tree is an album that you just can't sing enough praise about. It will take over your brain for a time and leave the goal of seeing Kristilyn Robertson live very high on your priority list. The Bee Tree leaves you wanting more in all the best ways."
- University of Alberta's The Gateway review of The Bee Tree

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/25/2004
Band Website: kristilynrobertson.com
Band Members: Kristilyn Robertson - piano, vocals, buttons and knobs.
Influences: Everything and anything.
Sites and sounds, wind and rain, trees and birds, life and death, love and chaos, silence, thunder, rustling leaves, showers of hail, laughter, hatred, inanimate objects, world peace, relationships.
Musical influences: Tori Amos, My Brightest Diamond, Charlotte Martin, Sarah Slean, KT Tunstall, Terami Hirsch, Ben Sollee, Eef Barzelay, Ben Folds, Hawksley Workman, Amy Seeley, James Taylor, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Rachel Reis, Jewel, Valery Gore.

Sounds Like: Singer-songwriter mixed with jazz, folk, and pop with touches of cabaret and a little bit of electronic here and there. A little something for everyone.

Buy My Albums at CD Baby!

Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Show This Week!

Thursday, July 17, 2008Three Banana's CafeSir Winston Churchill Square9918 - 102 AvenueEdmonton, AlbertaWITH Ivy Rich and Dave MartinSongwriter's in the RoundShow starts at 7:00 p.m.Donations are welc...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:22:00 PST

sights and sounds and touch and taste, etc ...

Tonight is a crisp night. Feels like fall. Out with my overly-energetic pup for a run, we felt the dew of an oncoming rain as we ran through the shadowed parts of the road. Puffing our way home and cu...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:14:00 PST

The Glory of the Pen

There's something about the feeling of pen strokes on a piece of paper ... watching the ink flow across the sheet, scarring it's clean finish. Writing thoughts down on paper is so much nicer than typi...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:51:00 PST

Getting the groove.

Sometimes in this world, we get caught up in things that take us away from our state of being. Machines. Gossip. The hassle of having to read the fine print of yet another kitchen gadget, while wonder...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:39:00 PST

Show this Week

Oh the muse cornered me and attacked yesterday! I think it's safe to say that some new material may be played at this Friday's show ... Kristilyn LIVE!Steeps Tea HouseGlenora District12411 Stony Plain...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:38:00 PST

Current Reads

I love a good book ... my goal for the year was to read 12 books in the whole of 2008. I'd say I'm doing pretty good so far: French Women Don't Get Fat Mireille Guiliano The Road Cormac McCarthy Ski...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:32:00 PST

My cup runneth over ... with musical ideas, that is.

I love to write. Sometimes I just get in these moods where I could just put pen to paper and write for days on end. Normally this happens at the most inopportune times, like when I'm in the car, or si...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:26:00 PST

For the love of art ...

You know when something is so good you just want to stretch it out and take it in piece by piece and never finish it? That's what's happening right now. I am currently reading 'Naive. Super' by Erlend...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:24:00 PST

Chilly days in Alberta

Let me see if I have this right ...The calendar says April 22nd, apparently spring just came, my tulips are threatening to bloom, yet ...It's snowing like mad outside. Not that I'm complaining or anyt...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:28:00 PST

Pining for beauty.

While spring is opening her wings as wide as she can, the winter breath is still threatening to come. A few nice days of very nice temperatures - not coat weather anymore! - came and went, thus deduct...
Posted by Kristilyn Robertson on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:12:00 PST