Rob Lutes (born 1968) is a Canadian folk and blues musician, who has performed both as a solo artist and with the band Sussex. [1] He is most noted for his 2017 album Walk in the Dark, for which he won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2018. [2]
Born in Toronto, Ontario [3] and raised in Rothesay, New Brunswick, [4] he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec. [1]
Lutes released his debut album Gravity in 2000, [5] and has since released five further solo albums, one album with Sussex, and one album as a duo with guitarist Rob MacDonald. He received his first CFMA nomination at the 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2009, for Truth & Fiction in the English Songwriter of the Year category. [6]
Discography
- Gravity (2000)
- Middle Ground (2002) [3]
- Ride the Shadows (2006) [7]
- Truth & Fiction (2008)
- Rob Lutes and Rob MacDonald Live (2011)
- The Bravest Birds (2013) [8]
- Parade Day (2016, with Sussex) [1]
- Walk in the Dark (2017) [9]
- Come Around (2021) [10]
References
- ^ a b c "Rob Lutes leaves his comfort zone for Sussex". Montreal Gazette, February 3, 2016.
- ^ "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs". FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "Jazz et blues - Les racines de Rob Lutes". Le Devoir, November 30, 2002.
- ^ "Le bleuté des mots de Rob Lutes". La Tribune, July 4, 2018.
- ^ "Rob Lutes rises up with Gravity". Montreal Gazette, January 27, 2000.
- ^ "Lutes, La Nef among folk nominees". Montreal Gazette, October 8, 2009.
- ^ "Another unfamiliar face in the crowd; Rob Lutes is still a relative unknown despite accolades". Toronto Star, April 5, 2007.
- ^ "Rob Lutes : plénitude ****". La Presse, February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Walk in the Dark, Rob Lutes". Le Devoir, September 8, 2017.
- ^ Burger, Jeff (May 24, 2021). "Music Reviews: Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young's 'Déjà Vu' (Deluxe Edition), Plus Rob Lutes, Greta Gaines, and Rod Picott". americanhighways.org. American Highways. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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