An article featuring some classic tracks and a recent interview for ‘Coming Closer to the Day’
“Between his organically thick sustaining guitar tone and ear-catching note selection, Robin Trower is one of a few guitarists whose signature can be identified within a few seconds of hearing him play.
He’s never been one to follow the obvious route in his soloing, choosing to energize his blues phrases with unexpected twists and an emotive quality that wrings the most from every single note.”
Robin Trower released a new video for ‘Birdsong’ on Wed 5th October. Robin said: ‘Birdsong’ is my favourite track from ‘No More Worlds to Conquer’ (Mascot 2022). In fact, I think it could be the best thing I’ve ever done. In my eyes, I just can’t find fault with it.
“I had this particular piece of music for a while. The guitar parts and a melody for the vocals were there, but the song didn’t really come together ’till I saw a documentary about the First World War. It really struck me and got in my head. After I watched it, I started to write lyrics, and that’s what tied everything together.
“I don’t really do big demos anymore; I just play and sing into a little recorder. So with that, we went into the studio, and my engineer, Sam, put down a drum rhythm, and I laid down the guitar. We kind of make the demo as we record the song. Then we lay down all the guitar parts and the bass, and Richard Watts comes in to do the vocals. He did a great job on this track.
We have restocked the website with CDs and recent Vinyl re-issues going as far back as 1994 when Robin started his own label, as well as a T-shirt for the current album ‘No More Worlds To Conquer’. Includes a lovely re-issue on 180g Double LP Vinyl of ‘Go My Way’. Now shipping worldwide from the UK.
Robin gives a brief overview of his current guitar pedal set-up as used on his new album ‘No More Worlds To Conquer’.
“No More Worlds To Conquer” was reviewed by Vintage Guitar Magazine in their July edition which you can read below. They also featured an in-depth interview with Robin in their June edition talking about the luxury of time in fine-tuning the album and it’s creation.
On Friday 27th May 5pm GMT the iconic guitarist Robin Trower invites fans into the studio for the recording of “Ball of Fire” the latest single from his new studio album, ‘No More Worlds To Conquer,’ out now via Provogue. According to Trower, the song was inspired by a documentary about an iconic actor. “’Ball Of Fire’ popped into my head the day after watching a program about Gary Cooper, who was in a film called Ball Of Fire,” he recalls.
Musicians website MusicRadar interviewed Robin on why he decided to upgrade his new album and the secrets of his guitar tone. Read the full interview here.
