Legendary guitarist Robin Trower is about to release his new album “Shine“. Ask him to explain his late-period creative burst and the legendary British guitarist can only shrug: “I think you’ve either got to keep pushing — or give up.” Now 81 years of age, with a mythology that spans from the clubs of Swinging London to Procol Harum, through 1974’s gold-selling “Bridge Of Sighs” and onward into a vital post-millennial solo catalogue, the veteran bluesman’s place amongst the all-time greats is beyond doubt. Yet while his ’60s peers have long softened into greatest-hits autopilot, this restless artist still starts each morning the same way: Stood in his workroom with a battle-scarred signature Strat, hunting down the magic note that will spark his next song.
“Then I’ll wake up in the middle of the night,” he smiles, “with a line for the lyric.” Kicking off the sessions at his favoured Studio 91 in Newbury — then moving to engineer Sam Winfield’s new facility The Pines to fix the holes — Trower’s thumbprint is all over a powerful, intimate new album where molten guitar solos drive songs urging us to meet the modern world head-on. “I agree with people that it’s a very dark time. But I don’t want to make gloomy music. I think that most of these songs are positive.
Debut single ‘Live Your Time’ taken from Robin’s 2026 album ‘Shine’ released on September 25th.
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