Rob St John

Originally from Pendle in Lancashire, Rob St. John was part of the mid-2000s Edinburgh folk scene. His debut album, Weald, was released in 2011 and received a positive reception from critics. This Is Fake DIY described it as “special, surprising and utterly magnificent”. Rob described his music as “folk-based songs using interesting and unusual acoustic instruments (saw, harmonium, autoharp etc), highly influenced by minimalist, ambient and post-rock music”. Rob wrote the original music for the Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams film The Bruce Lacey Experience, and produced the “Pendle, 1612″ compilation album with David Chatton-Barker, commemorating the anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials. Rob is a regular contributor to Eagleowl, Meursault, Woodpigeon. He is also an environmental writer whose work has been published in National Geographic Online, The Ecologist and The Daily Telegraph.

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