Robyn Adele Anderson (born February 19, 1989) is a music artist based in New York City. She is a cast member and featured artist for Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox with over 145 million YouTube views on her music videos. She is credited with the band's breakthrough cover of "Thrift Shop" and "We Can't Stop" in 2013. Anderson also performed lead vocals for performances on Good Morning America (ABC) in 2013, and TEDx in 2014.
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Early life and education
Robyn Adele Anderson was born in Albany, New York. She grew up in Glenmont, New York with her mother, father, and half-sister. She is of German, Dutch, English, Scottish, and Native American descent. Anderson attended Bethlehem Central High School where she played clarinet in the Wind Ensemble and sang in several choral groups.
She graduated from Binghamton University in 2011, with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science and Arabic, and concentrations in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. She studied at the University of Seville in Spain for a semester in 2009 and became a study-abroad peer adviser. Her academic accomplishments won her the distinguished Dr. Israel J. Rosefksy Language and Culture Scholarship and the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence in 2011. She was also selected as the intern for Binghamton's Planet Library project, an internationalization effort.
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Career
From 2012 to 2015, Anderson worked for the ANSOB Center for Refugees, a non-profit organization in Astoria, NY that assists refugees in obtaining legal and social services.
In February 2013, Anderson began collaborating with American pianist and musical arranger Scott Bradlee. In 2013, Anderson's vocal contributions to the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (2012) helped skyrocket the group to viral success, racking up 1 million views in its first week and 4 million in its first year.
After serving as Postmodern Jukebox' primary vocalist for several years, Anderson began to create her own YouTube videos and pursue other musical endeavors. She does all her own arrangements, and selects the various covers herself. As of December 31, 2017 her channel has over 260,000 subscribers and 19 million views, due in large part to several viral covers including the Gorillaz' "Clint Eastwood" which has over 5 million views. In January 2014, she became a staff writer for the online K-pop magazine KpopStarz. In 2015, Anderson was cast as Lilyan Tashman, in Cynthia von Buhler's Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic at the Liberty Theatre. In 2016, she played the part of Lucile in FlexCo.'s production of The Flying Doctor at the Central Booking Art Space in the Lower East Side. On occasion, Anderson is a guest vocalist for the NYC-based musical duo The Skivvies, composed of Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley.
In 2017, Anderson began a series of solo shows, first at Feinstein's/54 Below followed by at Sleep No More (2011 play)'s Manderley Bar.
Anderson still tours regularly with Postmodern Jukebox.
Postmodern Jukebox videography
As of December 12, 2016, music videos featuring Anderson account for 145 million of Postmodern Jukebox' 447 million total YouTube viewcount.
Anderson became a founding member of Postmodern Jukebox alongside American pianist and musical arranger Scott Bradlee. In 2011, Anderson's vocal contributions to the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis', "Thrift Shop" (2012) that helped skyrocket the group to viral success, racking up 1 million views in its first week and 4 million in its first year.
- TEDx Talks: "A bizarro world of pop music | Postmodern Jukebox | TEDxFoggyBottom"
- Good Morning America (ABC)
Discography
- Albums
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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