Robyn Adele Anderson

Robyn Adele Anderson
Anderson with PostModern JukeBox (2014) Photo by James Lawson-Smith
Born	Robyn Adele Anderson (1989-02-19) February 19, 1989 Albany, New York, U.S.
Residence	New York, NY, U.S.
Occupation	Singer Actress Model
Years active	2011–present
Home town	Glenmont, New York, U.S.
Musical career
Genres	Jazz Pop
Instruments	Vocals
Associated acts	Postmodern Jukebox
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 with over 140 million YouTube views of her music videos. She is credited with the band's breakthrough cover of "Thrift Shop" in 2013.^[1][2][3] Anderson performed lead vocals for performances on Good Morning America (ABC) in 2013,^[4] and TEDx in 2014.^[5]

Early life & Education

Robyn Adele Anderson was born in Albany, NY. She has German, Dutch, English, Scottish and Native American heritage, and grew up in Glenmont, NY. Anderson attended Bethlehem Central High School, and is one of the notable alumni from there.

She graduated from Binghamton University in 2011, with majors in Political Science and Arabic, with focuses on Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. Her academic accomplishments won her the distinguished Dr. Israel J. Rosefksy Language and Culture Scholarship, which is awarded to help students engage in study abroad programs. She studied at the University of Seville in Spain for one semester, and subsequently was a study-abroad peer adviser.^[6] She was selected as the intern for Binghamton's Planet Library project, an internationalization effort.^[7] She received the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in 2011.^[8]

Career

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.^[9]

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.^[10][11] 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 10.^[12]

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,^[5] and it is a crowd favorite when she makes guest appearances with The Skivvies, a New York area club band.^[13]

Postmodern Jukebox videography

As of April 1, 2016, music videos featuring Anderson account for 140 million of Postmodern Jukebox' 447 million total YouTube viewcount.^[14][15]

Anderson became a founding member of Postmodern Jukebox alongside American pianist and musical arranger Scott Bradlee. In 2011, Anderson’s vocal contributions to the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis', "Thrift Shop" (2012)^[16] that helped skyrocket the group to viral success, racking up 1 million views in its first week and 4 million in its first year.^{[17][1][18][19]}

• TEDx Talks: "A bizarro world of pop music | Postmodern Jukebox | TEDxFoggyBottom"^[5]
• Good Morning America (ABC)^[4]

Discography

Albums

YouTube

As of April 20, 2015, Anderson has maintained her own YouTube page where she's uploaded covers of famous songs. Collectively, her videos have received over 700,000 views.

References

External links

• Official website