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Previous recordings include ANGELS
ON A CLIFF (1994), SONGS FOR YOUR FACE (1993), and his first 6-song
cassette IF THAT ISN’T LOVE (1992) produced by Willie P.
Bennett.
His third CD is a stronger
reflection of his solo performances with a few stellar guest musicians,
such as Stephen Fearing, Ed Roth and Tannis Slimmon
of the Bird Sisters.
“All the money in the world
can’t buy you a nickel of time’ and “The Floor is Closer Than You
Think” are only two of the many lessons of life Robert Atyeo sings
about. His growing audiences enthusiastically applaud his
performances relating to his words and humour.Robert Atyeo has been
compared to J.J. Cale, John Prine and Tom Waits, with a delivery that
is boisterously entertaining and wry observances often verging on the
black - his situations and characters are worthy of Fellini or John
Houston.
Robert Atyeo, along with Willie
P. Bennett and Tony Quarrington were formerly known as the
Friendly Giants until they were kindly requested by Friendly himself to
please refrain from using that particular handle...or else! Bob
Homme and Robert have since mended fences and Homme can sometimes be
seen attending his concerts. Some of his other musical
collaborators have been Jane Siberry, Stephen Fearing, Colleen
Peterson and David Woodhead.
Robert Atyeo began his musical
career at the age of 9 playing ukulele and throughout the years has
developed his singing and song writing, living and traveling throughout
various parts of North America. Since the early 90’s he has lived
in Ontario, pursuing his musical career full-time and he hasn’t looked
back since. In his first year as a full-time musician, he
performed over 100 gigs. One of those gigs happened to be singing
the national anthem in the Skydome for the BlueJays and 50,000 people
with fellow artists The Bird Sisters. He has toured throughout
Canada and has been a main-stage performer at many of Ontario’s Folk
Festivals, such as The Festival of Friends in Hamilton, CKCU Ottawa
Folk Festival, Hillside in Guelph and The Northern Lights Festival in
Sudbury.
Robert has been a guest on CBC,
on shows such as Morningside with Peter Gzowski, Swinging on a Star,
Heartland, Brand X, As It Happens and DNTO. He is also enjoying
airplay on many other Canadian college and independent stations, as
well as in the US, Europe and Japan. Robert is presently on tour
in Canada promoting his latest CD HEART LIKE A RUBBERBALL
and an American and European tour are upcoming.
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