Self-taught guitarist Joe Robinson won Australia's Got Talent in 2008, and he earned the top prize at the 2009 World Championships of Performing Arts - meaning that at age 20 he carries the ridiculous title of Senior Grand Champion Performer of the World. Guitar Player readers tapped him the best new talent in the magazine's 2010 poll. He released a pair of solo instrumental acoustic albums as a teenager.
All of that hints at a young man with talent and ambition. Now it's time to see whether Robinson's chops can match his drive. Because what Joe Robinson really wants to do is sing.
He will play at the Redstone Room on Friday, September 2, and the show promises to be significantly different from his two CDs, which showcased a surfeit of compositional and performance skills in the jazz and blues veins.
