8:00 pm
Sheryl Youngblood @ Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago
Rosa's Lounge
TAD ROBINSON @ Tampa Bay Blues Festival, Tampa Bay, FL
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12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Day One: Friday, April 11th, 2025
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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Taj Farrant 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Ronnie Baker Brooks 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
North Mississippi Allstars 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Tad Robinson 12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
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Day Two: Saturday, April 12th, 2025
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JJ Grey & Mofro 8:30 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.
Walter Trout 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Curtis Salgado 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ruthie Foster 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Selwyn Birchwood 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Mathias Lattin 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Day Three: Sunday, April 13th, 2025
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Tab Benoit 8:30 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.
Ana Popovic 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
DK Harrell 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Joanne Shaw Taylor 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sierra Green & The Giants 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Kick Off Party: Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Ronnie Baker Brooks 9:15 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
North Mississippi Allstars 7:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The Palladium Theater
253 Fifth Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Florida
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TAD ROBINSON
Quotes
“When Tad Robinson dies, he´s going to soul heaven…a place reserved for a very few people.” – Otis Clay
“Robinson places near the top of the list of the finest living singers of soul blues. His upward-bound voice is of a genuinely handsome quality and he uses it with confidence.” – Frank-John Hadley, DOWNBEAT
“Robinson sings with a range and smoothness of delivery that are exquisitely evocative.” – Mojo Magazine
“Robinson’s lyrics go for the soul, and his old-school balladry is lovely and lush…a soulfulness plucked out of the anywhere airwaves of decades past.” – Living Blues Magazine
“A velvet-voiced collection of cool.” – Metromix Indianapolis
Bio
Singer and harmonica player Tad Robinson is one of the leading voices of modern soul-blues music. From his NYC roots and his Indiana and Chicago musical upbringing, Tad has caught the attention of the scene with his 10 Blues Music Award nominations and his recordings for Delmark Records and the Severn Records label. He tours widely in the U.S. and has played in over 20 countries worldwide with performances at some of the most important international blues festivals. With Harmonica chops influenced by Junior Wells and Junior Parker and a voice inspired by Otis Redding, Syl Johnson, Al Green, and Teddy Pendergrass, Tad ranks as one of the most unique and talented members of the international blues and soul communities. After being recruited by guitarist Dave Specter to join his Chicago band in the 1990s and record the studio album, Blueplicity as well as a “live-in-Europe” release, Tad has gone on to collaborate with some of the highest profile musicians in the genre. In 2004, Robinson was signed to a record deal with Maryland-based soul/blues focussed, Severn Records, a turning point in his career which moved him further into the blues spotlight. His last five album releases for Severn have featured backing by the great Severn house band of Steve Gomes, Robb Stupka, Kevin Anker and Benjie Porecki, and horn and string arrangements by the legendary producer-arranger Willie Henderson. The Severn output has also included guest appearances by the Memphis Horns, Otis Clay, Anson Funderburgh, Johnny Moeller, Alex Schultz, Devin B. Thompson, and the Hi Rhythm Section.
Awards
2005 – W.C. Handy Blues Award, Soul Blues Album of the Year (nominated)
2005 – W.C. Handy Blues Award, Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (nominated)
2008 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Album of the Year (nominated)
2008 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (nominated)
2009 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (nominated)
2011 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Album of the Year (nominated)
2011 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (nominated)
2016 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Album of the Year (nominated)
2020 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year (nominated)
2020 – Blues Music Award, Soul Blues Album of the Year (nominated)
Tad performs regularly at music festivals, concerts, nightclubs and house parties throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Here is a list of some of the notable festivals where Tad has performed.
Lucerne Blues Festival, Switzerland
Cognac Blues Passions, France
Dubai Jazz Festival, Dubai
Piazza Blues Festival, Bellinzona, Italy
Peer Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival, Belgium
Toronto Jazz Festival, Canada
Tampa Bay Blues Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida
Notodden Blues Festival, Norway
Black & Blues Festival, Israel
Dark Season Blues Festival, Spitsbergen, Norway
Torino Jazz Festival, Italy
Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago, Illinois
Waterfront Blues Festival, Portland, Oregon
Gaildorfer Music Festival, Germany
Indy Jazz Fest, Indianapolis, IN
Trinidaddio Blues Fest, Trinidad, Colorado
Beaches International Jazz Festival, Toronto, Canada
Breminale, Bremen, Germany
Bay-Car Blues Festival, France
Blues & Ribs Fest, South Bend, Indiana
New Orleans Music Festival, Wendelstein, Germany
Blues Naktys, Varniai, Lithuania
Colorline Blues Cruise, Norway
Bluesweek Festival, St. Louis, Missouri
Vache De Blues, Belgium
(Ge)Varenwinkel Blues & Roots, Germany
Blues Station in Tournon, France
Blues at the Crossroads, Indiana
Greencastle Summer Music Festival, Indiana
Sin City Soul & Blues Revival, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Davenport, Iowa
Uptown Jazz & Blues Festival, Lafayette, Indiana
Fishers Blues Fest, Fishers, Indiana
Marquette Area Blues Fest, Marquette, Michigan
Blues en V.O., France
Grand Blues Festival, Lahti, Finland
Pennsylvania Blues Festival/Blues in the Poconos, Pennsylvania
Warsaw Blues Night, Poland
Ouibache Roots Music Festival, Lafayette, Indiana
Koli Ruska Blues, Koli, Finland
WATCH TAD’S BAND PERFORM THE SOUTHERN SOUL CLASSIC, NICKEL AND A NAIL:
Live in San Francisco, at Biscuits & Blues
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Delmark DE 673
Compact Disc (1994)
One To Infinity consists mostly of Tad Robinson’s own songs with their gritty, urban imagery, whether about pounding the city streets looking for his former love in “Empty Apartment Blues”, or describing the glistening city pavement in “Raining In New York”. The mood and groove varies from the Albert Collins-styled shuffle, “Walking In The Sunshine”, to the soulful flavor of the title track, and the soul-blues “Give Love A Chance” with special guest, Robert Ward.
Music
Tad’s solo albums.
New & Upcoming Releases
Delmark Gallery
