Rob Lutes
Since the release of his first album Gravity in 2000, Rob Lutes has steadily built a collection of exquisite songs that inhabit the intersection of blues, folk, Americana, and the contemporary singer-songwriter genre. A masterful fingerstyle guitarist with a soulful voice, he is also known for the intensity of his live performances.
The New Brunswick-born, long-time Montreal resident is a former Kerrville New Folk and ISC award winner, and a Maple Blues, Canadian Folk Music Awards and Lys Blues nominee. In 2015, he was runner-up in theToronto Blues Society’s Cobalt Prize, a national award for Contemporary Blues Composition.
“A great songwriter, a man with a great way with words and also a fantastic guitar picker!”- Michael Jerome Browne
“a brilliantly understated gem distinguished by a warm and raspy voice, honest and eloquent lyrics, and evocative acoustic guitar work…among the best of the year's roots/blues crop”
- Greg Quill, Toronto Star
Booking inquiries, contact:
North America
booking@roblutes.com
514.515.4413
Europe
Karen Proeme, Karen Proeme Productions
karenproeme@online.nl
Sussex
Founded by vibraphonist Michael Emenau and singer-songwriter Rob Lutes in 2014, Sussex released its debut album Parade Day in January 2016. Featuring a unique mix of instruments—and some Canada’s finest players—on 11 originals and Randy Newman’s “Dayton, Ohio - 1903,” the album is an exciting journey to a musical territory where folk, blues, jazz and ragtime meld into an exhilarating new kind of roots.
‟Whether or not veteran blues/roots performer Rob Lutes and jazz vibraphonist Michael Emenau set out to create something totally new is beside the point; they did. This is new. I want more.” Bob Mersereau, CBC, Top100 Blogspot
"...a truly great evening...energy, intricacy, texture, nuance, expressiveness, and power, but all with great subtlety. Suffice to say, a great show."
- Thom Meredith, Sainte-Anne Blues Cafe
Booking inquiries, contact:
Agence Resonances
C.P. 111, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Québec, J3V 4P8
Téléphone: 514-521-4445
Agence Resonances