Robb Johnson

Robb Johnson is one of the finest songwriters working in the UK today – “a modern-day Dostoyevsky” said the US’s Dirty Linen. Tony Benn said Robb’s “Winter Turns To Spring” was his favourite song. Robb's compositions are brimming with social conscience and equally full of heart.

In February 2006 Robb appeared at the Barbican as part of the prestigious BBC “Folk Britannia” series, in a concert that was screened later that month on BBC4. Robb has toured Britain supporting Chumbawamba, & the US with David Rovics.

Robb's songs are like small, beautifully-wrought jewels. We previously commissioned him to write the songs for Your Affectionate Son, our show about Hartlepool in the First World War. His song "The Wrong Monkey" was inspired during his first visit to Hartlepool Folk Festival, and like so many of his songs, expresses a powerful message with understated dignity.