Robbie Fulks
Folk / Americana
Outlaw Country
Robbie Fulks is an American alt-country and Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist, a pillar of the 1990s Chicago insurgent-country scene whose sharp wit and traditionalist craft made him one of the movement's defining voices. After a stint as a Nashville staff songwriter, he built an acclaimed solo catalog spanning hard country, bluegrass, and roots.
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- Born March 25, 1963, in York, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Carolinas and Virginia.
- Played in Greg Cahill's Special Consensus bluegrass band and taught at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music.
- His Bloodshot albums Country Love Songs (1996) and South Mouth (1997) helped define 1990s alt-country.
- Gone Away Backward (2013) marked a return to spare acoustic roots material.
- Upland Stories (2016) earned two Grammy nominations, including Best Folk Album.
- Has released more than a dozen albums across a 30-year career.
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