Robbie Fulks News

GENEVA Parkinson's disease hasn't slowed Paul Ruby's desire to help others also afflicted with the disease.

Ever met someone who never looks on the sunny side of life? Such a person is the subject of Robbie Fulks ' It's Always Raining Somewhere, the second track on the Chicago-based sardonic singer-songwriter's 2005 ...

ROBBIE FULKS 8 p.m., Sticky Fingerz. $10-$12. The words the music press uses to describe nontradtitional country music get silly pretty quickly.

Splash Park Lakeview Park in Middleton Summer just got a little better, and a little wetter, for kids.

Those who like a blend of bluegrass, alt-country, folk and rock might stop by Coffee Gallery Backstage Sunday afternoon, when Chicago-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Robbie Fulks stops in for a set.

Thirteen years in the music industry isn't the same as 13 years outside of it. Music years are longer, more complicated and wrought with all sorts of pitfalls.

EVEN HIS SURNAME is best uttered with tongue in cheek--half punk expletive, half proletarian disclaimer.

Robbie Fulks has been mostly forsaking the road lately to concentrate on writing and recording, so tonight's gig at Club Passim is a rare chance to see him live.

Robbie Fulks was 8 years old when he got his first taste of performing. His father was a part-time musician, playing bluegrass and traditional folk music around small-town Virginia.

Radney Foster is the rare artist who is equally revered by mainstream country executives in Nashville and by alt-country hipsters in Austin. via Chicago Sun-Times

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“Why are you doing such a thing with your life?”

North suburban musicians Robbie Fulks and Klem Hayes don't think of themselves as fiction writers, but both of them have stories in a new book. via Lake Forester

Singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks was one of the more heralded talents in the alternative country movement, displaying an offbeat, sometimes dark sense of humor in many of his best moments. via K102

“One of the nurses (at Children's Memorial) told me he's had the longest recovery inside the hospital they've ever had”

Friends and family of the Schiltz family are spearheading a second major fundraiser for the St. via Courier-News

We're still working on that, particularly on the volume of reviews. But, I can unequivocally say that this is the earliest review ever posted on PegNews, and probably the earliest ever posted by a Dallas media ... via Texas Gigs

“Hopefully in the future, I'll be adding my original music”

Roots country recording artist Robbie Fulks makes a midweek stop in Great Falls on Wednesday. via Great Falls Tribune

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There is a good reason local alt-country troubadour Robbie Fulks has glued himself to his TV Sunday nights for the past nine weeks: His son, Nicolas Fulks, and father-in-law, Donald Jerousek, are among the ... via Chicago Tribune

That'd be country, western, rock and roll. The fine folks at Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons, occasional purveyors of the Singing 12-Pack, have teamed up with the equally fine folks at Bloodshot Records to offer a ... via Denver Post

“And now like the 'Mary Tyler Moore' show we're ending on a good note and not driving it into the ground.”

It's a sad day. Robbie Fulks' Secret Country series is coming to an end. For the past couple of years, the local singer-songwriter, whose music is old-time country with a modern sensibility, has been bringing ... via Chicago Sun-Times