Known in a circle of aspiring west coast songwriters for his uniquely ambiguous perspective, an occasionally mystical, and often stream-of-consciousness writer, Mike Robbie is now re-emerging on the scene. Robbie is truly the epitome of today’s ultra independent-minded singer-songwriters, most notably writing in today’s Americana and Indie Folk spaces, while professional writing critiques in Nashville have also commended the “poet aspects” in his unique song craft. Quick to shun labels, Robbie prefers a revivalist approach of sorts, as he explains: “using the old ways of the masters, like the cut-up method, or blackout method, picking random words from book stacks, creating word ladders, or sometimes what I like to call ‘straight-up existentialism’ while driving around and dictating random real-time observations into my iphone. These are the kind of writing exercises I use to twist language around, find unique word combinations and leave some space for the music to glue it together.” Interestingly, Robbie often prefers freewriting on vintage manual typewriters, which has become somewhat of a signature, as he adds, “it’s almost musical when you get a good typing rhythm going with zero editing.” Keep Reading →