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Joshua Robert Rawlings (born December 10, 1982, in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) is an American pianist, songwriter and record producer. His band, The Teaching, wrote and recorded the song "Bom Bom" for the Macklemore album ''
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'', which became a multiple
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winning album. Rawlings' work with the Seattle jazz group Industrial Revelation yielded a " Seattle Stranger Genius Award". Rawlings joined with singer
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for his 2013-14 US Tour. The Josh Rawlings Trio released their album ''Swell'' at a launch party at Bake's Place in Bellevue, Washington, in November 2016, and he had an interview about his life and career in the digital entertainment magazine ''WE BLAB''.


Early life

Rawlings was born in
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, to Charlene Linnae, a former chef and business owner and Todd Robert Rawlings, a patented inventor and senior quality engineer at Microsoft. Josh started playing piano at age 3, listening to the radio and figuring out songs on his mini-keyboard. His parents were both vocalists and actors in school and his father was also a percussionist. They taught Josh the fundamentals of music and rhythm and encouraged his interest in music and theater. Rawlings lived in and around the greater
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, through sixth grade before moving to the
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, area in 1997. He attended Skyline High School in
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, where he composed music for the school's Alma Mater; he later attended
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in
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, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance in 2005.


Career

Rawlings has played in the Seattle area since 2001 and is a band leader for the Josh Rawlings Trio, a member of The Teaching, a member of Industrial Revelation, as well as a recording artist for
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and
Ryan Lewis Ryan Scott Lewis (born March 25, 1988) is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington. Along with producing his own album, ''Instrumentals'', Lewis produced the albums ''The VS. EP'' (2009), '' The Heist'' (2012), and ...
. Rawlings was interviewed in 2017 about his career and relationship with Ryan Lewis on the Seattle Jazz Radio website, KEXP.org.


Awards

* Seattle Earshot Golden Ear Award 2013 * Seattle Stranger Newspaper 2014 Genius Music Award *
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Nomination: for his work and track "Bom Bom" on the
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album
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, in 2014.
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went on to win Best Rap Album of the year, with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis also winning Best New Artists. * Platinum Album Award (as a contributing artist): The
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album
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was certified
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or better by the
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and has received numerous
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awards. * Platinum Single Award: Rawlings' contributions on the song "
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" for the
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album
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was certified
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or better by the
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.


Discography


Albums

* ''Climbing Stairs'' Josh Rawlings Trio (2005) * ''The Teaching'' The Teaching (2009) * ''Live at Dazzle'' The Teaching (2010) * ''Live at the Triple Door'' The Teaching (2010) * ''Birds in Flight'' The Teaching (2014) * ''It Can Only Get Better From Here'' Industrial Revelation * ''Unreal Reality'' Industrial Revelation * ''Live at the Eastside'' Industrial Revelation * ''Oak Head'' Industrial Revelation * ''Live at Rhythm and Rye'' Industrial Revelation * ''Liberation & the Kingdom of Nri'' Industrial Revelation * Additional Discography a
AllMusic.com


Singles

* "
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" (2017) on the
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album. * "
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" August 27, 2015, on the ''
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'' album.


Productions

*
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- "Bom Bom" (2012) with The Teaching on
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album. ''
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'' album (2017). *
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- ''
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'' (2016).


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rawlings, Josh 1982 births Musicians from Seattle Living people