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For some absolutely superb "old timey" (think "Oh Brother Where Art Thou") music with some more contemporary influences you MUST come along to The R.M.A Tavern in Cromwell Rd., Southsea Tonight, Tuesday 6th September where Dana and Susan Robinson are performing a FREE gig! Dana and Susan Robinson have recently been featured on The Mike Harding Show , and last weekend they blew the crowd away at Towersey Festival. You will not see a better example anywhere of this genre of music. Dana and Susan Robinson are based in Asheville, North Carolina. Dana was raised in California, then moved to the Northeast; Susan was raised in the Northeast, then moved to California. Dana launched into full-time touring after the release of his debut album Elemental Lullabye in 1994, encouraged by the request to perform at Carnegie Hall for Putumayo's Shelter benefit concert. Since then, Dana has been performing more than 150 concerts each year across the US, Canada, and United Kingdom. A multi-instrumentalist (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo), Dana brings traditional music values into his contemporary songwriting. He integrates guitar styles from influences as diverse as America's Norman Blake and Tim O'Brien to England's Nic Jones and John Martyn. Dana's songwriting has been likened to that of Steve Goodman and Dougie MacLean, and he sings with a warm and reedy tenor. Susan brings her rich harmonies and the clawhammer-style banjo into Dana's music. In 2002. A natural musician, having played piano oboe and fiddle, Susan took instantly to the guitar and banjo when she and Dana met. Together they complete a circle that allows them to more fully explore their passion for merging traditional and contemporary music. Support will be by Portsmouth's own "old timey" band, The Hard Times String Band, who performed a great gig at The Southsea Folk & Roots Festival last week Admission is FREE and the gig starts at 8.30.p.m. Don't be late!