Line-up

Headliner
Eric Roberson Last time in Winston-Salem: 2 years ago

Venue

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts

405 S. Brooks St., 27587, Wake Forest, NC, US

www.wakeforestrencen.org/

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Additional details

Doors open: 07:00

Concert in your area for Funk & Soul and R&B.

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Eric Roberson biography

Eric Roberson is a rhythm and blues/ neo soul singer and songwriter originally from Rahway, New Jersey in the United States.

Born on 25 September 1976, Roberson got his start in music with the release of his first single “The Moon” which was released in 1994 by Warner Brothers Records. The single originally had belonged on an album, but the album was never released. He completed his studies in Musical Theatre at Howard University in Washington DC. While still attending Howard University he performed in a number of musicals and plays, helping him land a songwriting deal with EMI Label. The deal allowed him to go on to collaborate with various Philadelphia-based artists such as Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

While continuing to collaborate with other artists like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Roberson found success with his songwriting. He also continued to release albums between 2003 and 2014 such as “The Appetizer” and “Music Fan First” with Blue Erro Soul. In fact, his 2013 release, “Music Fan First” reached number 89 on the US R&B charts. In 2006 Roberson released his first live album entitled “Erro LiveVol. DC.” Also in 2006 he appeared on DJ Spinna’s “Intergalactic Soul” LP. In 2014 he released two albums, “B-Sides, Features and Heartaches” and “The Box,” both of which made it on the US R&B chart.

Live reviews

There’s something about Soul music that will make it eternally cool. It’s pretty much the most timeless music ever made, music that can be made four years or forty years ago and not only will the only difference between the two be in the sound quality, but neither of them would have sounded out of place at the time. This isn’t to say that it can’t or shouldn’t be brought forward though. Quite a few artists have attempted to modernize the genre but none of them have done it quite as well as Eric Roberson, who manages to integrate the modern and the retro aspects of his music so well that one can’t really tell which aspect is which. His live show is a perfect display of how well they are integrated, whether Roberson is playing with his full band or solo save for an electric guitar and his voice through a loop pedal. However, you don’t go to an Eric Roberson show to marvel at his songwriting (that’s what the records are for) you go to an Eric Roberson show to have a hell of a good time. The man’s charisma is infectious, his band is superb and his voice is never anything less than sublime. In a way, there’s rarely much of a “show” to it, never any hint of a divide between Roberson and the audience, this is what the man loves to do and the best part to him seems to be how he can share it with people far and wide. It would be churlish to deny him that, so find out when the next opportunity for you to see him is and head on down. You will not regret it!

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