Welcome! This is the personal website of Robbie Link. I am a performing musician, music instructor, and luthier based in the "Triangle" area of North Carolina. This website is being upgraded and not all content is up yet so check back again soon.
I have been thinking about this very idea for the last month or so. Not that it's an original idea. Classical musicians have taken to the bars (for music making!) all along. Cellist Matt Haimovitz made headlines for taking Bach into bars a few years ago. I heard him in Greensboro playing solo cello under a disco ball in a packed bar. I've been thinking lately about making the rounds (pun alert) with Baroque instruments. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, check out this Guardian article about the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's "Pub Crawl".
PS - Matt Haimovitz's website has a nice streaming music player - you can listen to his recordings non-stop!
My 5th year riding to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This year I rode a total of 180 miles in 2 days and 27 donors gave over $1100 to support my effort. Overall there were over 2400 riders in this event raising about 1.6 million dollars (total figures not in yet) to help find a cure for and to directly support the over 5200 people in our part of the state who are living with MS. Some of these people are close friends and many we have come to know from doing these yearly rides.
Some video from a recent house concert - jazz. Mahalo Arts ensemble. Usually Doug Largent plays with this group but he was out of town so Alison asked me to join them. Thanks Alison!
Earlier this year I recorded the Bach Motets with the Bach Sinfonia, a period instrument group based in the DC area. I played the continuo part on the violone along with the organist. Dorian Records is putting out the CD this month (I have my copy!) on the Sono Luminus label and they have recently released some video of the recording session with a very interesting interview with the conductor, Daniel Abraham. The video is on Youtube and I've embedded them here, also (it's in three parts).
