Roddy McKinnon

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Photo: George Leitenberger (2025)

“To work through a trauma requires an emotional and intellectual effort, which enables to transform the understanding of the misfortune, thus to begin a new evolution … that is the definition of the process of resilience” (Boris Cyrulnik. 2019. La nuit, j’écrirai des soleils. Paris, Odile Jacob).

2026 – Lake (May 2026)

“Omnipresent …. the Lake”

10 songs of a new evolution …

2025 – Tourist on the moon

“a deeply moving indie-folk album” – Thoralf Koß, Musikreviews.de

“a special work of art” – Jochen Reinecke, Plattentests.de

10 songs of remembering, and projecting a future …

2024 – Time’s a dog

An album that “wraps itself like an arm around your shoulder” (BRF1)

11 songs of trauma, confinement, recuperation and the beginning of acceptance …

2020 – Lucky and Damned.

Lucky and Damned follows the acclaimed 2018 album with George Leitenberger, Raw Love, nominated for the 2018 German Music Critics Award.

15 songs that announce a journey to come …

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“Art folk”

Deutschlandfunk Kultur radio 26.11.18

Raw Love pushes vintage guitar sounds to the fore, and songs born of the varied influences of the blues, Berlin cabaret, punk as well as Americana and the best of the songwriting tradition.

“A unique musical experience”

Märkische Oderzeitung 03.12.18