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Robyn Adele Anderson
Anderson w PostModern JukeBox Dublin, Ireland (2014) Photo by James Lawson-Smith
Background information
Born	1989 (age 34–35) Albany, NY
Genres	Jazz, dixieland, swing
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, actor
Years active	2011–present
Website	RobynAdeleMusic

Robyn Adele Anderson is a multilingual vocalist, based in New York City. She is a cast member and featured artist for Postmodern Jukebox. She is credited with the the band's breakthrough cover of "Thrift Shop" in 2013. Anderson performed lead vocals for performances on Good Morning America (ABC) in 2013, and TEDx in 2014.

Background

Anderson graduated from Binghamton University in 2011, with majors in Political Science and Arabic, with focuses on Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. She was active in Children’s Dance Theater as a choreographer, danced with the International Flag Dancers, was a study-abroad peer adviser, and studied at the University of Seville in Spain for one semester. She was selected as the intern for Binghamton's Planet Library project, an internationalization effort. She received the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in 2011.

From 2012 to 2015, Anderson worked for the ANSOB Center for Refugees in Astoria, NY. She became a staff writer for KpopStarz in January 2014.

Theatre and live performance

In addition to serving as Postmodern Jukebox' primary vocalist, prior to the band's change of focus to a variety act, Anderson is active in New York Theatre. In 2015, Anderson was cast as Lilyan Tashman, in Cynthia von Buhler's, Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic at the Liberty Theatre. Beginning June 8, 2016, Anderson will play the part of Lucile in The Flying Doctor at the Lower East Side Art Gallery, scheduled through July 10th.

In addition to arranging pop lyrics for her Postmodern Jukebox cover songs, Anderson possesses the ability to musically present text-message threads from a random audience member's cell phone. She demonstrates this improvisational skill on Postmodern Jukebox's TEDx Talks presentation, and it is a crowd favorite when she makes guest appearances with The Skivvies, a New York area club band.

Anderson's schedule no longer allows her to tour full-time with Postmodern Jukebox, she instead has joined the 2015 and 2016 tours in progress as her schedule permits.

Postmodern Jukebox videography

Anderson became a founding member of Postmodern Jukebox while dating the band's creator, Scott Bradlee. Anderson, who enjoys show-tunes, dancing and karaoke, was not convinced that she could be a lead singer. It was almost a year before Bradlee, who was experiencing some success with his Motown Tribute to Nickelback project, convinced her to do her first music video, a cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis', "Thrift Shop" (2012). This first viral video for Postmodern Jukebox racked up 1 million views in its first week, and 4 million in the first year.

• TEDx Talks: "A bizarro world of pop music | Postmodern Jukebox | TEDxFoggyBottom"
• Good Morning America (ABC)

Discography

Albums

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• Introducing Postmdern Jukebox (Apr 23, 2013)

#9 Billboard magazine Jazz Albums

"Don’t You Worry Child"

"Thrift Shop"

"Die Young"

"Beauty and a Beat"

"Thrift Shop (Bart & Baker Electro Swing remix)"

"Thrift Shop (Vintage Phonograph mix)"

"Don’t You Worry Child (Vintage Phonograph mix)"

• A Very Postmodern Christmas (Dec 2, 2014)

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

"Hark! The Herald Angels We Have Heard On High"

"My Favorite Things"

"The First Noel"

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• Selfies on Kodachrome (Jan 13, 2015)

"Anaconda"

• Emoji Antique (Apr 23, 2015)

"Paper Planes"

"Gangsta's Paradise"

• Swipe Right for Vintage (Jul 30, 2015)

#19 Billboard magazine Top Heatseekers

"I Kissed A Girl"

• PMJ is for Lovers (Jan 21, 2016)

"We Found Love"

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Singles

• "Young and Beautiful" (2014)
• "I Kissed A Girl" (2015)
• "Gangsta's Paradise" (2015)
• "Paper Planes" (2015)

References

1. ^ Kevin Fallon (11 September 2013). "Doo-Wop 'We Can't Stop': Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 7 April 2016. Robyn's actually my girlfriend. We dated for about a year before I put her in one of the videos, too. "Thrift Shop" I wasn't even familiar with at the top, and she was one day just sort of singing it in jazz style. I thought, We should do video of this. And we did and posted it. It was her first video singing in public. And that has over 2 million views now. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. ^ "Talking Tunes With Postmodern Jukebox". Pollstar. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016. Also, the singers have a lot of good ideas. Robyn Adele Anderson, for instance, came up with the melody for "Thrift Shop." We worked together and she worked out a melody to put the rap into the ragtime melody I put behind it. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
3. ^ "YouTube phenomenon to perform in Ankara". Istanbul: Daily Sabah. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016. The band made their breakthrough with the cover of British hip-hop artist Macklemore's Grammy Award-winning song "Thrift Shop," which was sung by vocalist Robyn Adele Anderson in the style of the '30s. The video of the cover received millions of YouTube hits and made the band's name heard by the masses.
4. ^ Eric Felten (23 May 2013). "A Jazz Band Has the Pop Scene Covered". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
5. ^ "A bizarro world of pop music | Postmodern Jukebox | TEDxFoggyBottom". Youtube.com. TEDx Talks. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016. Led by Scott Bradlee (Sleep No More, Bioshock Infinite) and featuring charismatic chanteuse Robyn Adele Anderson, Postmodern Jukebox brings Jazz Age and Old Hollywood sensibilities to today's most popular artists by transforming their hits into swing, hot jazz, ragtime, and doo wop. Since their inception in February of 2013, they've amassed over 27 million views on YouTube, spent several weeks on the Billboard Jazz charts, and landed a featured performance on ABC's Good Morning America.
6. Darian Lusk (4 October 2013). "BU grad takes pop music back in time". Pipe Dream. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016. We're living in the age of the YouTube famous, a time when a music group with enough talent and originality can go viral overnight. That's the case with Postmodern Jukebox, a band that puts old-time twists on current pop songs. But they're more than a viral YouTube phenomenon; their lead singer is actually a Binghamton University graduate. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. Dave Vose (Fall 2010). "Planet Library" (PDF). binghamton.edu. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
8. "Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence". binghamton.edu. 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
9. Staff Writer (29 January 2015). "Postmodern Jukebox's Robyn Adele Anderson To Join KpopStarz Music Reviews Staff". KpopStarz.com. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
10. BWW News Desk (18 April 2015). "Speakeasy Dollhouse Transforms Times Square's Liberty Theater for ZIEGFELD'S MIDNIGHT FROLIC, Beginning Tonight". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 30 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. "Speakeasy Dollhouse - Robyn Adele Anderson". Speakeasy Dollhouse. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
12. BWW News Desk (5 April 2016). "flexCO to Present THE FLYING DOCTOR BY MOLIERE (OVER AND OVER AND OVER)". Broadway World. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016. The cast is a dynamic mix of young actor/musicians and features Robyn Adele Anderson (from the acclaimed band Postmodern Jukebox); Kat Blackwood; Patrick Brady; Kathryn Fray (Pushing Daisy for MuSE); Jessica Greenwald; Sara Jecko; and Josh Wolonick (Othello at American Theatre of Actors). {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
13. Matthew Blank (18 March 2015). "Photo Call: Phillipa Soo, Ephraim Sykes, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Zak Resnick, Adam Kantor and More Bare It All With Skivvies". Playbill. Retrieved 7 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
14. Chris Baker (23 May 2013). "Postmodern Jukebox goes viral with jazzy YouTube cover of "Thrift Shop"". Syracuse Media Group. Retrieved 7 April 2016. Robyn Adele Anderson is the group's charismatic lead singer. An upstate native, she moved to New York City two years ago, hoping to start a career in music. "I wasn't sure I would ever end up singing in the real world," she said. "But now we've got millions of people watching us on YouTube." Anderson grew up in Delmar, N.Y., just outside of Albany. She studied political science at SUNY Binghamton and moved to New York City after graduating in 2011.
15. Johnston, Maura. "Q&A: Scott Bradlee On Revamping Nickelback, Taste Hierarchies, And Screaming Words". Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
16. Kristen Grennan (19 May 2013). "Exclusive Interview with Postmodern Jukebox's Robyn Adele Anderson". Sensible Reason. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
17. Justin Colletti (8 January 2015). "Postmodern Jukebox: The Making of a Multi-Million View YouTube Music Channel". SonicScoop. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
18. "GUNS N' ROSES' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Like You've Never Heard It Before". Blabbermouth.net. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016. POSTMODERN JUKEBOX actually originated as a musical concept created by our bandleader/pianist Scott Bradlee," lead singer Robyn Adele Anderson told Pipe Dream last year. "He came up with the term some years ago when he first started covering songs in different genres. I loved the idea but didn't get involved until February of when Scott first asked me to be in a video (our vintage 'Thrift Shop' cover) and we've continued to make videos together ever since. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
19. "Postmodern Jukebox feat. Robyn Adele Anderson". Youtube.com. Postmodern Jukebox. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
20. ^ Kevin Fallon (11 September 2013). "Doo-Wop 'We Can't Stop': Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 29 March 2016. Robyn Adele Anderson, the woman singing these songs, is like jaw-droppingly good. Insanely good. Tell me all about her. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
21. ^ Gary Black (30 September 2015). "Postmodern Jukebox, ranked". Fairbanks, Alaska: NewsMiner. Retrieved 29 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
22. Sarah Barness (23 September 2013). "This Is What 'Blurred Lines' Sounds Like As A Bluegrass Barn Dance". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2016. The catchiness is undeniable, and when you mix in a banjo with the incredible vocals of Robyn Adele Anderson, you gotta crack a (toothless) smile. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
23. Lindsey Robertson (17 July 2015). "Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl' gets a doo-wop makeover". Mashable. Retrieved 29 March 2016. Robyn Adele Anderson totally nails it in this Postmodern Jukebox cover of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl." With some backup help from The Tee Tones, the band performs a totally killer doo-wop cover of the pop classic. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
24. "Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• Official website

• 1989 births
• Living people
• American stage actresses
• American female jazz singers
• American female pop singers
• Singers from New York
• American musical theatre actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• 21st-century American singers
• Binghamton University alumni