Robin O'Herin is a touring blues and gospel musician, specializing in historically rich, often interactive concerts that include original and traditional American music. Robin plays festivals, coffeehouses, & house concerts. Her concerts are warm, affirming experiences she shares with the audience. Let her take you on a journey of musical exploration through the Delta and Piedmont regions of the South. Song selections may include Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and Robin's own original blues and fingerstyle ballads.

LICENSING
Robin has had original music licensed in various ways since 2004. She has had Her arrangement of "Old Country Rock" and her original "Everhopeful" were used in the soundtrack for the PBS "2005 Roadtrip Nations" Series (episode 4). 

She is currently focusing on a deep dive into writing and collaborating more and more for sync licensing and hopes to expand her catalog and start actively pitching to music supervisors and libraries in 2025

CONCERTS

She is available for booking concerts, private parties, festivals, coffeehouses and farmer's markets and Blues in the Schools presentations.

Robin was a finalist in the 2023Capital region Blues Network Challenge, the 2013 Memphis Blues Challenge. She played in the Tropea Blues Festival in Trope Italy in September '06. She was the headlining act in the Resophonic Blues Festival in Pilzen, CZ. in '05. She opened for the Doobie Brothers in Pittsfield, MA. and for Vance Gilbert and Michael Powers in Sept 04. 
She was a Telluride Blues Finalist in 2009.

Robin has shared the stage with Paul Geremia, Andy Cohen and Roy Bookbinder. She is currently working on a new gospel CD and then hopes to jump right into a new blues and original CD. She teaches beginning delta and piedmont blues guitar and songwriting and partners with raisingtheblues.org and guitarsintheclassroom.org to bring the power of music into the classroom and hospitals to reach children and teachers in new and innovative ways.

http://soundcloud.com/robin-oherin 
http://www.facebook.com/robinoherinblues 
http://www.reverbnation.com/robinoherin

"I thought I was back in the Mississippi Delta"--fan @ a recent concert  
"She plays a mean slide with a sweet spirit."--fan @ a recent concert

TEACHING AND OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY

EDUCATION 
2006-2009 UMass Amherst. Bachelors Degree in Integrated Arts In Education 

PROGRAMS 
My field of study has enabled me to create a variety of Blues In The Schools Programs, as well as after-school programs and programs for people with special needs. 

Some of the programs I have written and performed in schools, libraries and community centers include: Rhythm & Roots (a program for young children exploring the roots of African rhythms); Blues and the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance ; Blues, Songwriting & Poetry; and Tap & Blues (w/Rhythm Tap Artist Stefanie Weber). 

As the Western MA Directo of Raising the Blues , I brought music, instruments and instrument training to children who are sick, disabled and have special needs in hospitals and schools. I have done hospital concerts, private lessons, and summer instrument building programs and music with the BRSD Special Needs Summer Program. 

2011 Partnered with Guitars In The Classroom. Their mission is to help teachers integrate music into curriculum through donating guitars and ukuleles, instrument training, and training in learning how to use songs to teach math, science, English and History, as well as classroom management. 

2014  I have partnered with The Pittsfield Music School’s outreach program, bringing concerts, one-on-one singing with a variety of instruments, instrument building, songwriting and a ukulele class to the BcArc program in Berkshire County as well as multiple afterschool programs.
2015 I have also partnered with CATA teaching ukulele to adults with various disabilities

Robin O'Herin is a touring blues and gospel musician, specializing in historically rich, often interactive concerts that include original and traditional American music. Robin plays festivals, coffeehouses, & house concerts. Her concerts are warm, affirming experiences she shares with the audience. Let her take you on a journey of musical exploration through the Delta and Piedmont regions of the South. Song selections may include Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson and Robin's own original blues and fingerstyle ballads.

LICENSING
Robin has had original music licensed in various ways since 2004. She has had Her arrangement of "Old Country Rock" and her original "Everhopeful" were used in the soundtrack for the PBS "2005 Roadtrip Nations" Series (episode 4). 

She is currently focusing on a deep dive into writing and collaborating more and more for sync licensing and hopes to expand her catalog and start actively pitching to music supervisors and libraries in 2025

CONCERTS

She is available for booking concerts, private parties, festivals, coffeehouses and farmer's markets and Blues in the Schools presentations.

Robin was a finalist in the 2023Capital region Blues Network Challenge, the 2013 Memphis Blues Challenge. She played in the Tropea Blues Festival in Trope Italy in September '06. She was the headlining act in the Resophonic Blues Festival in Pilzen, CZ. in '05. She opened for the Doobie Brothers in Pittsfield, MA. and for Vance Gilbert and Michael Powers in Sept 04. 
She was a Telluride Blues Finalist in 2009.

Robin has shared the stage with Paul Geremia, Andy Cohen and Roy Bookbinder. She is currently working on a new gospel CD and then hopes to jump right into a new blues and original CD. She teaches beginning delta and piedmont blues guitar and songwriting and partners with raisingtheblues.org and guitarsintheclassroom.org to bring the power of music into the classroom and hospitals to reach children and teachers in new and innovative ways.

http://soundcloud.com/robin-oherin 
http://www.facebook.com/robinoherinblues 
http://www.reverbnation.com/robinoherin