Robin Rogers and her band

Robin Rogers is gaining national attention not only as a talented blues singer, but as a songwriter as well. Her song "Color-Blind Angel" won second place in the blues category of the 2007 International Songwriters Competition. Robin and her band will appear at McCabe's Tavern, 530 S. Tejon, Colorado Springs, on Tuesday, July 7th at 8pm. There is no cover charge.

Music has been Robin Rogers' consuming passion ever since her days as a teenaged street singer. Possessing a deeply expressive and soulful voice and an infectious enthusiasm for the blues, Robin and her band have developed a devoted and growing following. Her Blind Pig records debut, “Treat Me Right”, fulfills the promise of her previous two releases, revealing an accomplished artist of rare polish and originality.

Along with her guitarist husband Tony Rogers, Robin and her band won the 2003 Charlotte Blues Society's Blues Challenge, winning the right to represent Charlotte, North Carolina in Memphis, Tennessee in January 2004 at the Blues Music Awards. After three nights of tough competition, Robin Rogers and Her Hot Band emerged as one of only nine finalists in the 2004 International Blues Challenge, Robin and Tony recorded their long-awaited second release, entitled "Crazy, Cryin' Blues," which was released in 2004 and won the "Best Self-Produced CD" award from the Blues Foundation as part of the International Blues Challenge 2005.

Robin signed with leading blues label Blind Pig Records in 2008, and her debut release for the label, “Treat Me Right”, was issued in June of that year. It’s a showcase for Robin’s stylistic variety and passionate vocal intensity, from the rolling r&b title track to the jazzy “Nobody Stays” to the soulful groove of “Nobody’s Gonna Hurt You.” It also features perhaps Robin’s most powerful composition, "Color-Blind Angel", a moving account of the life and death of white civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, who was assassinated by the KKK in 1965.