Papa Truck

PLEASE NOTE: DOORS OPEN: 1.45pm, MUSIC STARTS AT 2.30pm.The venue comprises both seated and standing space. There are a limited number of seats. These are allocated on a first come first served basis, so if you'd like a seat, please ensure you arrive early.We reserve the right to release all unclaimed tickets for re-sale at 3.15pm. If you will be arriving after this time, please inform us in advance, so that we can hold your tickets for you.We can be contacted by email on mail@greennote.co.uk------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Robb Johnson is widely recognised as one of the UK's finest songwriters. An English original, (Robin Denselow, the Guardian) ... one of our best singer-songwriters ever (Mike Harding). He gigs in the UK, Belgium, Germany & the USA, & his songs are covered by many singers. In 2013 the release of a new, revised version of Gentle Men, Robb's family history of the First World War, recorded with Roy Bailey & Barb Jungr, again received unanimous critical acclaim - a wonderful mixture of the political and personal...A really moving piece of work (Billy Bragg, & a folk classic (The Guardian) A review of Robb's 2014 album Us & Them said Robb Johnson keeps folk music relevant & thought-provoking. 'Us & Them' shows what can be created by one man & a guitar, (The Living Tradition), while the following year's band album, Here Goes Nothing, prompted the following review from R2: Within bars of the opening onslaught..it's evident that Robb is quite the kamikaze axe man. The November 2015 release of a live song & spoken word recording of Gentle Men A Solo Performance, was described as Intense, engaging & very moving (fROOTS). In 2016, PM Press in the US released A Reasonable History of Impossible Demands, a 5 CD career-to-date box set - a magnificent retrospective (R2), this is one real essential purchase (fROOTS). My Best Regards, a new album of 13 songs, will be released this September. It features pianist Jenny Carr & bassist John Forrester, who worked together on 2013's Gentle Men, & Robb's son Arvin on drums & percussion. The album also contains different versions of 3 of the songs 2 recorded with Brighton's Hullabaloo Quire, & one song, When the Tide Comes in, recorded with the Palestinian singer Reem Kelani. Robb will be touring the UK in October to celebrate the release of this album, & is particularly happy that on the first weekend he is having the London launch gig at Green Note.