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Robert Finley Announces U.S. Winter Tour
Robert Finley will be hitting the road for a 19-date winter tour in support of his most recent record, Sharecropper’s Son. Kicking off on January 19 in Cleveland, Finley will embark throughout the U.S. until the end of February, closing in Millersville, Pennsylvania. Finley is set to support Low Cut Connie in January and Foxy Shazam in February, and he will headline his own shows in St. Louis, Madison, Chapel Hill, Providence, and Lincoln, Nebraska. Sharecropper’s Son was released on May 21, 2021, which captures his extraordinary life story and childhood during the Jim Crow era. The record is rooted in the sounds of southern soul, country, R&B, and features songwriting by Finley. Finley was the subject of SPIN‘s June 2021 cover, where we chronicled his long journey through his latest a...
15 Minute Live Performances: Robert Finley
One of the great things about 2021 was discovering new artists in unexpected places. Not every new artist was created equally. Not every rising artist was created equally. Which brings us to Robert Finley. The 68-year-old bluesman was a revelation. Once we heard his story and unlikely rise, it was so captivating and compelling to us that we made Finley the subject of our June 2021 cover story. And deservedly so. As we traced in Liza Lentini’s terrific profile, Finley may have garnered attention on America’s Got Talent, but he showcased his true chops on his new album, Sharecropper’s Son. The Louisiana native inked a deal with Black Keys guitarist/frontman Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound. From there, Finley’s album was produced by Auerbach and it remains one of the most underrated a...
Let Him Sing
With a population just shy of 2,000, the tiny Louisiana town of Bernice is about as far away as you can get from New Orleans and still live in the Pelican State. Somewhere on a Sunday, in a small Southern church, Robert Finley is singing to a faithful crowd. Now in his 67th year, and with his new album Sharecropper’s Son out May 21, the soul singer’s musical journey circles back to his church-going roots, and the history that gave him the ability to compose one of the finest albums of the year. After not advancing to the 2019 America’s Got Talent finals—thanks to Simon, who got a rightful, earnest booing from the crowd—Finley’s music set out on its next great adventure. [embedded content] Some stories we tell because they’re important. Some are inspiring. And some are just damn good ...
