The Liverpool singer/songwriter released his fourth studio album ‘Barriers’ in June 2024 to critical acclaim spending multiple weeks in the Country Music Charts nestled between Beyonce and Taylor Swift - but it was reaching the top 10 of both the Independent Album Chart and Record Store Chart that really gave Vincent reason to celebrate, with critics removing the constraints of category, declaring ‘he is now recognised as one of the UK’s best songwriters irrespective of genre’. - Americana UK
Most recently, Robert was announced as winner of UK Song of The Year at the UK Americana Music Association Awards for his track ‘Follow What You Love & Love Will Follow’ alongside a highly coveted nomination for UK Artist of The Year.
Robert Vincent has toured extensively across the UK performing as both a solo artist and with his band. September 2024 saw Robert perform an official showcase at AmericanaFest in Nashville and the year culminated with an invitation to support Robert Plant & his band Saving Grace, opening their shows in Antwerp, Paris and across the UK. It is Vincent’s powerful and soulful voice that has continually attracted acolytes such as Bob Harris, Paul Carrack and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
In 2016, Harris awarded Robert with his ‘Emerging Artist’ of the year award at the inaugural UK Americana Awards show describing Vincent as ‘absolutely magnetic’ and ‘the real deal’. In 2018 following the release of ‘I’ll Make The Most Of My Sins’ (AMAUK Album of The Year 2018) Robert was invited to perform on the BBC ‘Old Grey Whistle Test, For One Night Only’ closing the show. It was this performance that would propel him to number 1 and 2 in the iTunes Album and Singles Charts.
In 2020, Robert’s third LP, the critically-acclaimed ‘In This Town You’re Owned’, won the AMAUK’s ‘Album Of The Year’ award for 2021 and Robert himself awarded ‘Artist of The Year’. The record also charted at number 2 in the UK Americana Charts and American Songwriter Magazine named ‘In this Town You’re Owned’ in its top 20 albums (every genre) of 2020.
Robert Vincent continues to enthral audiences and critics alike, showing his versatility as both a solo performer and with a full band. Notable performances previously include 2023 Celtic Connections at Glasgow Theatre Royal with Mary Chapin Carpenter, showcase performances at Americana Fest in Nashville, Tennessee, supporting Roger Waters at Hyde Park, Tours with Robert Plant, Paul Carrack and Duane Eddy who gifted him with one of his signature ‘Gretsch’ guitars after his 80th birthday celebration at The London Palladium.
‘Robert has transcended that [Americana] genre and is now a Singer Songwriter…without actual musical barriers’ - Rocking Magpie
‘The moment he started to sing I knew that this was something special’ - Bob Harris OBE (BBC Radio 2)
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