Doug Lambert
Doug Lambert has been playing music in Buffalo since 1994 across several genres. Most notably, he has appeared with Vox Humana, The Ifs, The Voice of Cheez, The 12/8 Path Band, and the WBNY Rebellious Jukebox. He played and arranged vocal parts for Best-of-Buffalo nominated Shady Grove and in 2010 joined Lisa Forrest to form the indie folk duo Honey Girl & the Horseshoe Falls. He participates in two annual music projects which perform for charity, including the Tom Waits Tribute Show “Beautiful Maladies”, benefitting the SPCA, and Robot Holiday, which donates the proceeds of its holiday to the Western New York Food Bank.
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Rob Lynch
An award winning teacher, Rob has taught both Fine Art and Music at Niagara Falls High School, Buffalo Arts Studio, The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Artpark, The Burchfield Penney Art Center, Alder Creek Music, Lewiston Porter High School, and various Buffalo Public Schools as a teaching artist with the Arts In Education Institute of WNY. His combined years of teaching nearly equal his years on the planet. Always looking to wear more hats, Rob has worked as a contributing reviewer for the Buffalo News and a hat model for Buffalo Spree Magazine. He kids you not.
Rob’s Multidisciplinary background has found a home in various places: He has produced four solo recordings of “bittersweet art pop”, one of which was proclaimed by Buffalo News music critic Jeff Miers as, “One of the best releases of the year, period. Stunning.” His discography as an award winning session musician is long and varied. Highlights include work with national artists Peter Case, Ani Difranco, Rex Hobart, Michael Tarbox and 10,000 Maniacs founders John and Mary. Some of the more interesting musical paths taken include a weekly bluegrass gig with guitarist Doug Yeomans, a soul jazz matinee with organist Ronnie Davis and a yearly recording project of non-traditional Christmas songs known as Robot Holiday. In the early 90’s Rob’s band placed first in the Late Night with Conan O’Brien College Music Search, narrowly missing the grand prize of appearing on the show but gaining a fantastic NBC sweatshirt (now lost). Working heavily in a variety of styles lead to his induction in the Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame in 2011 as one of the organization’s youngest members.
Rob has worked as a commercial artist for Media Play Inc, Buffalo Spree, The Hard Rock Café, and The Aquarium of Niagara Falls. Public art exhibitions include Herd about Buffalo, Papergirl (Berlin, Germany), The Hard Rock Café New Years Eve Guitar Drop, and the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation. Rob’s paintings are held in numerous private and public collections nationwide and exhibited in Western New York and beyond through solo and group shows. For more information, visit www.welcometosound.com .
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Alex Lynne
Alex Lynne is an award-winning singer/songwriter who, with Jonathan Hughes, co-founded what was to become Robot Holiday. In 2003, Lynne, Hughes, and David Mussen recorded “Ghosts of Dust and Tar” with Opaline, to critical acclaim. Over the past two decades, she has received top honors as a vocalist and songwriter, with recognition from Artvoice, Buffalo Spree, WBNY, and Nightlife’s Buffalo Music Awards. Alex currently performs with Michael Oliver and the Sacred Band, alongside fellow robots Jim Whitford and Rob Lynch. Alex sometimes tunes her guitar before putting it back in the case. She likes cats, her son Freddy, and maintains that there are two servings, and not seven, in a bag of Stacy’s cinnamon pita chips. Alex was once named WBNY’s Sexiest Female Musician, but at the dark side of 40, her best years are surely behind her.
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Katy Miner
Vocalist and songwriter, Katy Miner, has had the privilege of working with several recording professionals in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Buffalo, including GRAMMY multi-nominee, James Gardiner (Touch-Tone Productions and Pajama Recording Studios), GRAMMY winner, Kevin Irving (Kirv Entertainment), Zakiya Hooker, daughter of the legendary John Lee Hooker, and Buffalo’s Rob Falgiano. Residing now in Buffalo, Katy has been featured in several Buffalo theater productions and with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. She currently works as a background and session vocalist and occasionally sings with the Phil Sims Jazz Quartet. For more information, visit www.katyminer.com .
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David Mussen is a songwriter and musician in Buffalo, New York. He has been a proud member of the Robot Holiday Collective since 2005.
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Naryan Padmanabha
Born into a family with roots extending from India to Ireland, Naryan’s interests in music started at the early age of 8. He started playing Western instruments like drum set and guitar. On these instruments, Naryan created music ranging from punk rock to folk and many places in between.
During his teen years, Naryan began exploring his roots by traveling to India and soon learned the styles of Classical Indian music. Through his travels, he learned to borrow concepts and styles from many world traditions. His main instruments are hammered dulcimer (santoor), sitar, and hand percussion. Naryan has performed with and/or shared bills with Max Creek, Rob Wasserman, Toubab Krewe, The Heavy Pets, Consider the Source, Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident), Steve Molitz (Particle), andFamily FUNKtion and the Sitar Jams. He has also recorded with the world renowned North Indian Classical vocalists V.J. Kichlu and South Indian percussionist T.S. Nandakumar. Naryan has performed on over 15 independently released recordings and has toured the United States and Canada as a performer.
Naryan is also the founder of epochmusic, located in Western New York. The label is dedicated to refined sounds and celebrates diversity through world traditions, electronics and all things unique. For more information, visit www.epochmusic.com and www.sitarjams.com.
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