Robb Johnson

- Robb Johnson is recognised as one of the finest songwriters in the UK and a genuine folk legend. His songs have featured in the repertoires of musicians from folk singer Roy Bailey to cabaret chanteuse Barb Jungr, and he enjoys a similarly diverse spectrum of critical acclaim.

Robb has played pubs, clubs, pavements, pickets and benefits, arts centres and festivals, local radio, as well as BBC Radio 3 and 4, Belgian Radio 1, Nicaraguan TV, Channel 4 and the Albert Hall in London. He also plays extensively in Belgium, Holland and Germany, and he has toured Britain supporting Chumbawamba and the US with David Rovics.

For several years, Robb has also been a regular feature of the Tolpuddle Festival, which led to him doing the same job at the Labour Live festival in June 2018.As a writer, Robb is a regular contributor to RNR magazine.

He co-wrote Woman, a biography of Yoko Ono, with Alan Clayson and Barb Jungr, and The People’s Republic Of Neverland based on his experience of working as a teacher.