Discography: Robert Sarazin Blake

My Town, Your Town

Robert Sarazin Blake

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‘My Town, Your Town’ is an exploration into the loneliness of isolation and a celebration of the necessity of each other. Released on the two year anniversary of the marching band of life coming to a halt with the arrival of the covid pandemic, the song is an acknowledgment of what we’ve been through and a rally cry for human connection. The
‘My Town, Your Town’ is an exploration into the loneliness of isolation and a celebration of the necessity of each other. Released on the two year anniversary of the marching band of life coming to a halt with the arrival of the covid pandemic, the song is an acknowledgment of what we’ve been through and a rally cry for human connection. The narrator can hear the marching band in his head but he can no longer see, touch or feel others in the world around him.
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Not Me, Us(Born to Win!)

Robert Sarazin Blake

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Release on January 20, 2021 to celebrate turning the corner of COVID, the end of Trump’s divisive presidency, the inauguration of Joe Biden, and Lady Liberty's promise of freedom for all.


Featuring Sarah Lee Guthrie, Alexis P. Suter, The Mammals, The Restless Age, Jefferson Hamer, John Elliott
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Recitative

Robt Sarazin Blake

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Recording in The Hudson Valley, NY. June & December 2015
Released April 7, 2017

Review:
'Chants that riff on the titles WORK, COUPLES, and SINGLE WOMEN are as instantly indelible as the Springsteen, Weill, Reed, and Van Morrison lifts woven in’
Robert Christgau, The Dean of American Rock Critics
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    The Other End of Fck It 7:31
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    The Blues of You 4:39
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    Couples 6:35
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    Keeping Track 5:06
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    Another New Year 7:07
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    Playing Any Guitar 2:04
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    Work 8:16
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    Sketches 3:22
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    Rock & Roll Dream 6:19
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    Single Women 3:15
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    Pvt. Manning 5:09
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    Own House, Own Guns 3:56
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    On the Corner of Saturday Night 3:16
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    19 shot 5:54
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    Past Your Door 4:23
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    Really Hard 9:32
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Robt Sarazin Blake

Robert Sarazin Blake

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Released Feb 11, 2014
Recorded in Brooklyn, NY. May 2013

Featuring Anais Michell & Jefferson Hamer.
Eamon O'Leary, Jabob Silver, Robin MacMillan, Daniel Zane
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    ok, ok, ok 3:29
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    Dingle to Tralee 3:47
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    Our Winter in New York 3:00
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    Joy 5:36
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    Maxine 3:19
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    New Life 4:46
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    Sister 2:54
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    The Words 3:33
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    Butte, MT 6:12
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    Ghosts on Bedford Ave. 13:00
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Put It All Down In A Letter

Robert Sarazin Blake

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Recorded April 14 &15, 2010
in Philadelphia, PA.

Review:
'The album exudes an unpredictable and sometimes dangerous charm'
Dan Bolles 7 days

'Rarely do I get inspired to play 17-minute songs on my show. This is folk-noir at it's best. An astute stream of consciousness whirlwind.'
Jon Colcord WSCS ‘out of the woods’
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    tiger woods boom boom 3:19
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    i didn't call you from philadephia 16:41
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    hanging on 5:16
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    the little dissapointments we swallow 5:10
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    planned parenthood waiting room 2:47
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    we can roll down tonite/dublin to belfast 7:42
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    death comes 3:54
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    mike & Ruthy 4:16
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    magic hour on baltimore ave 12:45
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    when you break 2:54
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A Long Series of Memorable Nights Forgotten:The Belfast Sessions

Robert Sarazin Blake

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Recorded Feb 10 and 12, 2009
in Belfast, Ireland.

Featuring:
John McSherry on Uilleann Pipes &Low Whistles


Review:
'he captures the raw energy Irish singers like Christy Moore are known for. The spontaneous nature of the sessions capture the spirit of the songs perfectly.”
- Jim Lee, Driftwood Magazine


'A perfect blend of American
Recorded Feb 10 and 12, 2009
in Belfast, Ireland.

Featuring:
John McSherry on Uilleann Pipes &Low Whistles


Review:
'he captures the raw energy Irish singers like Christy Moore are known for. The spontaneous nature of the sessions capture the spirit of the songs perfectly.”
- Jim Lee, Driftwood Magazine


'A perfect blend of American songcraft and Irish tuncraft, especially when McSherry’s pipes begin skirling out a contemporary reel alongside Blake’s guitar.'
- Rick Anderson, Hot List
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    Waiting 3:32
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    Storms of November 3:28
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    Another Fog We're In 3:37
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    City Covered in Snow 2:38
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    Bergen, Belfast, Aberdeen 3:07
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    In a Poem 2:49
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    Farm in New Hampshire 4:25
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    Lord Saltan & Auchanachie 4:34
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The Air Your Lungs Forced Out

Robert Sarazin Blake

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Recorded July 9 & 10 2007
in Bellingham, WA

Review:
'Blake is as concerned with achieving an atmospheric mood with his music as he is with conveying the intimate meanings of his songs'
- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide/Billboard
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    Flying (Somewhere) 3:50
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    Mid-term Elections (2006, Nov) 2:42
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    After The Afternoon (The Air Your Lungs Forced Out) 5:08
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    India Or Spain (Drinking Cans on the Observation Deck Somewhere Near Browning, MT) 3:40
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    Mopping The Floor (From Outside A closed Sign and Across the Street at Ten After Six on a Rainy Night in Mullingar) 3:09
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    Fat And Skinny 3:43
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    New Orleans (From A Northbound Seat On The City Of-Midnight On The Water) 4:20
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    West (From Now On) 8:38
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    Hidden Track 5:09
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The Beautiful & The Afternoon

Robert Sarazin Blake

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Recorded September 19 & 20, 2006
in Bellingham, WA
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    1226 North State Street 3:43
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    Zoe 3:21
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    White River Junction 3:17
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    Turtledove 4:56
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    Chancer 5:03
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    Detroit 4:12
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    Long Drive 7:34
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    Afternoon 2:53
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    Parents 6:47
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    Milwaukee 4:04
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    Rising Again 4:49
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    Oct 2nd, 3 pm 3:07
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    Bend 3:42
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