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Full Name: Miles Winter Roberts Singer/Songwriter
Origin:
UK. However, was raised in Ibiza and spent years in Hamburg from where he discovered Eastern Europe and the Rivieras. An International through and through. Quadra-lingual.
Education:
Hotel management, actually! Course work suffered through inability to put down the guitar, or stay away from bars doing gigs. Eventually took to the road and learnt from that old-school favourite: Real Life.
Previous bands:
Miles From Nowhere, Whiskey Smile, The Wandering Hands. (Who!?) Got very involved in Pinky Poos Are your parents still together? in London. THE innovative open mic/acoustic performance show for about 7 years. Every Tuesday. (One night a week. Thats a whole year of life. Eek!) Performed with fantastic players there: Kevin Armstrong, Blair McKeachan, JC001, Keziah Jones, and more
Released 'Shoo-Lallelujah . . .' in 2000 on his own label, Chocolate Box. It featured Spanish guitarist Stephen Dunphy and was instrumental in getting his songs widely spread around. Recorded live, in Mono, on Mini Disk in a Basement Bar in Bayswater, this album went all around the world to surprising response!
Having just released the second single off the Steve Brown-produced EP Escapado, the release is being prepared for the first Winter Roberts album, 'Daymaker' recorded live in front of an intimate audience of 200.
Live Performances:
Ronnie Scotts, Café de Paris, Café Royal: London
Cutting Room, Back Fence, The Under Score: NYC
Sopot Festival: Poland (1st place), Çesme Festival: Turkey (1st place)
Grosse Freiheit, Logo, Musikhalle, Kaiserkeller: Hamburg
The Casino of Ibiza with Nina van Pallant of Nina and Frederik.
and a thousand or so bar gigs - too many to mention!
Bizarrest Situation? (Amongst many...;-):
Meeting heroes Johnny Cash and José Feliciano on the same day. . . in Poland!
Other:
Working with The Big Issue in support of the homeless. The Big Issue celebrates 15 years of operating their 'Hand Up, not Hand Out' policy.
'Dont Lose Your Home' by Winter Roberts donated to the foundation and becomes the first ever free download for the Big Issue. See blogs above for more - and what's next!
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