Rob Lutes

{{short description|Canadian folk and blues musician (born 1968)}}

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Rob Lutes (born 1968) is a Canadian folk and blues musician, who has performed both as a solo artist and with the band Sussex.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/0202-arts-sussex "Rob Lutes leaves his comfort zone for Sussex"]. Montreal Gazette, February 3, 2016. He is most noted for his 2017 album Walk in the Dark, for which he won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2018.[https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2018/12/03/lynnes-pharis-romero-win-multiple-cfmas "The LYNNeS, Pharis Romero Win Multiple CFMAs"]. FYI Music News, December 3, 2018.

Born in Toronto, Ontario[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/15413/jazz-et-blues-les-racines-de-rob-lutes "Jazz et blues - Les racines de Rob Lutes"]. Le Devoir, November 30, 2002. and raised in Rothesay, New Brunswick,[https://www.latribune.ca/arts/le-bleute-des-mots-de-rob-lutes-5e67eec6091923fdeb7966f80591812f "Le bleuté des mots de Rob Lutes"]. La Tribune, July 4, 2018. he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec.

Lutes released his debut album Gravity in 2000,"Rob Lutes rises up with Gravity". Montreal Gazette, January 27, 2000. and has since released five further solo albums, one album with Sussex, and one album as a duo with guitarist Rob MacDonald. He received his first CFMA nomination at the 5th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2009, for Truth & Fiction in the English Songwriter of the Year category."Lutes, La Nef among folk nominees". Montreal Gazette, October 8, 2009.