Today we’d like to introduce you to Robert Kuhn.
Hi Robert, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I’m a writer from Galveston who left home as a young man and traveled the world extensively, playing music and performing all sorts of odd jobs. I settled in an indigenous village in Nicaragua for the better part of the 2000’s and returned in 2010 to start a rock-n-roll band that is now releasing an album called PERSEVERE alongside a book called LEAVING IS RETURNING. We’re hosting a release celebration at Waterloo Records on Nov 4, then playing a show in the nighttime at a venue called Smoking Beauty.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
It’s been a rocky road. I’ve been stabbed, shot at, broke, jailed and most recently, in a nearly fatal car accident while touring with our band in 2019. The album is called PERSEVERE. This thing is about healing.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’m a writer and a musician. I studied both mathematics and literature. Then I disappeared for many years. Now, I have just published an autobiographical novel and written songs for a rock-n-roll band I play with called GALVEZTON. We also host a yearly longboard surf competition and music festival called La Izquierda. It’s a nonprofit and is all about the community.
What was your favorite childhood memory?
Eating wild blueberry pies, my grandmother made at her cabin in Quebec, from the berries we’d pick in the summertime. You could see the northern lights.
Pricing:
- $20
Contact Info:
- Website: GALVEZTON.COM
- Instagram: Instagram.com/galveztontheband
- Facebook: Facebook.com/galveztontheband.com
- Twitter: Twitter.com/galveztonband
- SoundCloud: SoundCloud.com/GALVEZTONtheband.com
Image Credits
Samantha Wiley
