Robyn G Shiels has appeared in one guise or another on the Belfast music scene for longer than he maybe cares to admit. Having shared the stage with many big names such as Cat Power, The Good Life, Richard Hawley, Joan As Police Woman, Devendra Banhart and Low & Will Oldham.

RG has himself become something of Belfast folklore; a songwriter’s songwriter, he has the Tom Waits blues with a smoother voice, brooding and bleak yet always with a melody that sometimes betrays yet always entices. He’ll elicit a melancholic nod from the drunk at the bar and applause from the front table. Robyn’s a bit of a dark horse on the stage but exemplifies a bit of craic in person.

Robyn has albums under his belt with cheery titles such as A Lifetime of Midnights, The Great Depression and The Blood of the Innocents which won the NI Music Award in 2014.

With a career spanning over two decades and having played sold out shows all over the country and much further afield Robyn hasn’t let it go to his head (mostly)..he has retained his Kilrea/Belfast sense of humour and seems a somewhat optimistic character for a man with lyrics so bleak.