Olives, Almonds, and Sauvignon Blanc: The Musician’s Guide to Losing (and Finding) Those Last Five Pounds
Considering I’ve spent most of my adult life playing the piano in a cocktail lounge, it’s amazing I’m not (yet) an obese alcoholic with salt stains on my fingers and a pickled liver. I have stared down more bowls of smoked almonds and wasabi nuts than most people do in a lifetime. If I had […]
Home for the Holidays
Robin Goldsby looks at “home” from an expatriate perspective. Written initially for the FAWCO Region 5 Conference in Cologne, Germany, Goldsby has performed this piece at concerts in Hamburg, Vienna, Berlin, and Rome.
Piano Girl in Germany, an interview with MultiCoolty
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an expatriate American musician living in Europe? Check out this video interview with Robin at Schlosshotel Lerbach, the castle where she has performed for the past twelve years.
The Fast Lane: Passing the German Driver’s Test
Here I am, a blond American woman in a short skirt racing down a busy stretch of the German Autobahn at 150 kilometers an hour. I’m too busy driving to calculate the conversion, but I must be approaching 100 miles per hour. I negotiate a curve, my knuckles grip the steering wheel. I pick up speed and feel the G-force—or whatever it’s called—push me back into my seat.
“Überholen,” says the elderly man sitting in the passenger seat. “Pass the car in front of you.”
“No, thank you,” I say. “I’m going fast enough.”
Music of Goodbye
Let’s celebrate! Nineteen years ago the Goldsby family moved to Germany. Here’s a look back to 1994 and the day we left New York City.
Sing! Finding the Backbeat and Holding On Tight
Robin Meloy Goldsby has a few things to say about singers, and, this time around, they’re all good.
Runway: Tempest Storm, High Heels, and the Adventures of an Aging Model
Robin Meloy Goldsby takes a (cat)walk down memory lane. Like most odd situations in my life, this one starts with a pair of shoes. Cruising around on Facebook one morning when I’m supposed to be writing, I’m distracted by a fabulous pair of pumps, way too high-heeled and (I assume) way too expensive. Pale powder […]
You Were Special: A Tribute to Mister Rogers
Robin Meloy Goldsby remembers a family friend. On February 27th, 2003, America lost one of its national heroes. For more than three decades Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, had taught parents and children about joy and sadness, life and death, being different and fitting in. “You are special,” he told us, without a tad […]
Varmint on the Roof
As if a career in music isn’t perilous enough, Piano Girl Robin Goldsby and her bassist husband take on a few critters roaming the German countryside.
Thwack. Or is it thwump? Skittle, scratch, scrape, thwop. It’s a quarter to three and there’s no one in the place except you and me—thonk—and Dumbo?
Don’t Eat Pie: The Only Diet Tip You’ll Ever Need
Piano Girl Robin Meloy Goldsby recalls her brief stint as an exercise instructor and diet coach in Flushing, Queens, New York.
January, 1981: “Ladies! Listen up! It’s ‘Team Time with Deanna!’ Grab your buddy and head to the center of the floor where we’ll meet and greet, dance and prance, and burn away that winter blubber.”
Deanna is a thirty-five year old exercise instructor and seasoned resident of Queens. I am a twenty-three year-old out-of-work actor/pianist and a newish New Yorker.
