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Hailing from Cabot, Vermont, the Americana-roots and folk partners Dana and Susan Robinson combine vivid storytelling and songwriting with fiddle tunes, clawhammer banjo, elegant melodies, and rich vocal harmonies.
Drawing upon more than twenty years of touring experiences, Dana and Susan craft performances that convey the mystery and wonders of their journey. Their unique blend of original songwriting and traditional Appalachian music reflects a deep understanding of America’s musical heritage and how it relates to our contemporary lives.
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dana Robinson relocated to New England where he discovered both a thriving songwriters scene and the deep well of traditional mountain music. In the early 1980s, Dana settled in northern Vermont and built a house “off the grid” on 30 acres near the Canadian border. There he founded a popular bakery, café and music venue. Dana launched into full-time touring after the release of his 1994 debut CD, Elemental Lullabye, and after receiving a request to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City for Putumayo’s Shelter benefit project.
Susan grew up with her dad’s jazz big band rehearsing in the basement in Manchester, Vermont and learned classical piano as a child. Later, as an adult in North Carolina, she turned to oboe and Scottish fiddle. After Susan and Dana met in 2002, she took up old-time banjo and learned from the banjo-greats in and around Asheville. Since 2003 Dana and Susan have performed hundreds of concerts across the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
"Exquisite music - physical and spiritual, contemporary and ancient, up to its eyeballs in mud and transcendence. Musicians like Dana & Susan Robinson don't grow on trees!" — Music Upstream
“Rural America explored with elegant simplicity. Their music and cleanly poetic songwriting bring to mind the great folksingers of our times.” — Asheville Citizen-Times
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