Robin Batteau (born January 12, 1948) is an American composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer.

Life and career

Batteau is the son of Blanca Batteau and Dr. Dwight Wayne Batteau, and brother of singer/songwriter David Batteau. He attended

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in Andover and should have graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

in 1969, but actually finished his degree in 2021. Batteau worked with his brother David as Batteaux, releasing one album on Columbia Records in 1971. He performed with David Buskin as ''Buskin and Batteau''North Jersey
but in April 2014 the duo split up. He recorded with

Tom Rush Tom Rush (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose success helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s and who has continued his own singing career for 60 years. Life ...

. Batteau was awarded the Kate Wolf Memorial Award by the World Folk Music Association in 1991.

References

External links

Robin Batteau's Official Site

Buskin and Batteau website

Compton and Batteau Album
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