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Hello everyone,

Thanks for stopping by my website and happy new year to you all! I look forward to the year with my hands doing much better, after having two surgeries in the summer of 2007. My plans for this year include starting a new recording, doing more travelling with my sweetheart Barry, and hopefully playing more and more. I closed up 2007 by taking a trip to Hong Kong and China, and then jumping into my holiday show schedule for "Songs of the Season." In China I went to Yangshou, a beautiful area of unusual mountain formations and much natural beauty. Hong Kong was a crazy experience, a city of commerce, built on harbors and mountains, with one of the most efficient subway systems I've experienced. China is fascinating, but oh so polluted! Below is a photo of me rafting down the Li River, manning the pole that propels and guides the raft:

In the spring of 2007 I opened up a New York version of my Florida vacation rental, Robin's Nest New York. It's a 1 bedroom furnished apt in Soha (South Harlem), a very up-and-coming area which bridges the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, and Harlem. 5 blocks from Central Park, within walking distance to Columbia University, St. John The Divine, 125th Street, with great transportation to midtown, Robin's Nest NYC is an opportunity for people to find affordable short-term lodging in New York and still be in Manhattan. Please visit the website to learn more.

Robin's Nest in South Beach (Miami Beach), FL, is doing well. It is a delightful oceanfront, direct oceanview room in the South Beach condo resort hotel, The Shelborne, on Collins Ave and 18th Street. The Shelborne is one of the large Art Deco hotels in South Beach that has been renovated and sits among the hottest blocks of hip, refurbished hotels, like the Raleigh, the Delano, The Shore Club, etc. Along with my partner Carrie Kaplan, we rent our room at a huge discount from the "official" hotel prices one would expect to stay in a full service resort. The hotel has a lovely pool, 2 jacuzzis, private beach area, direct access to the beach, a gym, restaurants, bars, 24 hour concierge, etc. Please visit our website at www.robinsnestsobe.com for photos and descriptions, prices, etc. Thanks for helping get out the word about my vacation rentals.

CD Baby, my main online e-tailer, has been offering a special incentive for people to check out new music. Buy 3 CDs from a wide list of choices for just $15. I have been putting one or more of my CDs in the program from time to time, and the results have been most interesting. Many more people are checking out my music and taking advantage of this great deal. You can also order directly from this website.

If you have enjoyed my music in the past, you can "write" a review of either of my CDs and post it to CDBaby.com. Just go to this link CDBaby.com/cd/robing1 for "Slow Burn", CDBaby.com/cd/robing2 for "Acousticness" and CDBaby.com/cd/robing3 for "Images of Women Vol.1."

Next time you're surfing around Itunes, put my name in the search window and... voila! iTunes is selling my music digitally in an arrangment with CDBaby. You can buy "Slow Burn" in its entirety, for example, or just select tracks.

I have also been doing quite a bit of teaching in Manhattan, mostly banjo lessons. If you live in the tri-state area, and are interested in guitar, banjo or voice lessons, please feel free to contact me for rates and availibility.

Thanks as always for your support. It keeps us indie artists alive!

Regards,

Robin Greenstein

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Lislten to the radio? Have a favorite station? You can help me find new listeners by requesting airplay on your local indie music station. A partial list of stations that have been serviced with my product are listed below. Most of the non-commercial stations have websites where you can tell them about what kind of music you would like to hear. An e-mail requesting any of my CDs would be much appreciated!

Radio Stations which have been serviced with Robin's CDs:


Albany, NY - WAMC - FM Public Radio

Boston, MA - WUMB 91.9FM/UMASS Boston MA 617-287-6919 http://www.wumb.org
WGBH - AM, Dick Pleasants, host (617) 492-2777

New York, NY - WFUV 90.7 fm request line 718 365-9070 http://www.wfuv.org e-mail them at thefolks@wfuv.org

Stony Brook, NY - WUSB - FM (631) 632-6500 www.wusb.org

New York (Catskills) - WJFF Radio Catskill 90.5 fm & 94.5 Monticello (845) 482-4141 www.wjffradio.org

Philly, PA - WXPN 88.5FM, Philadelphia PA 215-573-WXPN http://www.xpn.org/

Bethlehem, PA - WDIY 93.9 fm. (610) 694-8100 www.wdiy.org

State College, PA - WPSU-FM Penn State (814) 863-1275

Pittsburg, PA - WYEP-FM - on American Sampler, Ken Batista, host http://www.wyep.org

New Haven, CT- WPKN 89.5/ FM New Haven CT 203-331-9756 http://www.wpkn.org/

WNHU-FM - 88.7 West Haven, CT (203) 932-7108

Newark, DE - WVUD-FM (Univ. of Delaware) (302) 577-4270

Chicago, IL - WLUW 88.7 show: SOMEBODY ELSE'S TROUBLES

Towson (Baltimore), MD - WTMD 89.7 http://www.wtmd.org

Wash. D.C. - "Traditions" show, Mary Cliff, host http://www.weta.org/

Tampa, FL , WNMF-FM (813) 238-8001 http://www.wmnf.org

Portland, OR - KBOO-FM Community radio 503.231.8032

Eugene, OR - KRVM / KSYD http://www.krvm.org

Chapel Hill, NC - WUNC-FM 91.5 919 966 5454 http://www.unc.edu/~jkweston/music.html

Minneapolis, MN - KFAI 90.3 Community Radio (612) 341-3144 http://www.kfai.org

Madison, WI - WORT-FM, 608-256-2001 www.wort-fm.org

Seattle/Bellvue, WA - KBCS-FM 91.3fm 425-564-2424 http://www.nwfolk.com

Austin, TX - KUTX 90.5 FM Univ. of TX Austin (512) 472-1631

College Station/Bryan TX - KEOS 89.1 FM on Random Routes (979) 779-5367

Fort Collins, CO - KRFC 88.9 fm on The Folk Show, Len Epstein Host. www.krfc.org

Santa Cruz, CA - KZSC 88.1 FM 408-459-4036 http://kzsc.ucsc.edu/

Missoula, Montana - KUFM - FM www.kufm.org

I am also getting airplay in Bathurst, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, University radio in York, England and Germany. And let's not forget Whole Wheat Radio, the webcasters in Talkeetna, Alaska!