John-Robert w/ MyKey

Globe Hall Presents John-Robert with MyKey on Tuesday, August 4th. - KITCHEN OPENS AT 5PM!

John-Robert:
John-Robert has been a notable performer since he was a child, it is simply what he was born to do. At only 13 years old, John-Robert was handpicked to perform on the Ellen show as a musical child prodigy. At 19, he left his hometown Edinburg, VA (pop. 1,070) in 2019 to move to LA and start his music career, bypassing a scholarship to Berklee. He was signed to Nice Life/Warner by Grammy-nominated producer Ricky Reed (Leon Bridges, Lizzo) and released a handful of singles and EPs over a few years, earning him co-signs from artists Alessia Cara and Camilla Cabello. But it was a live fireside performance of his 2023 song “Come Pick Me Up” that catapulted John-Robert’s lilting blend of traditional folk and Appalachian country into the modern pop landscape. He toured extensively in 2023 and 2024 in the US and abroad supporting artists like Madi Diaz, Rayland Baxter, Leon Bridges, and even Liam Gallagher.
Virginia, and his family there, has always been a source of inspiration for the singer-songwriter. On making his 2023 EP Garden Snake he says, “It was like trying to make a Virginia record in LA.” A move back home to Virginia in early 2025 made perfect sense as he embarked on creating a new body of work. The move was a way to pull himself out of the professional and personal turmoil of LA, and reconnect with the people and places that made him who he is today – the banks of the North Fork Shenandoah River and rolling hillsides, the home-cooked meals and close-knit community. Newly independent, he released his EP Cross Stitch in 2025. He has spent the last few months on the road with JOSEPH, Ax and the Hatchetmen, Infinity Song and more. And this year, new music is already on the horizon.

MyKey:
Maryland singer/songwriter MyKey creates mellow and dreamy pop songs made up of floating melodies, self-produced instrumentals, and a charmingly laid-back outlook on life. After self-releasing a debut album in 2017, MyKey signed on with Warner Records and solidified his bedroom pop style on 2021 mixtape Welcome to the Witching Hour.MyKey was born Mikey Ambrosino in 1996 and entered the music world as a member of Gaithersburg, Maryland bluegrass band Flower Hill String Band. The traditional bluegrass ensemble was a far cry from the chilled-out pop he would later make on his own, but MyKey spent a decade playing guitar and singing in the group while working toward writing music of his own. In 2017, he issued Faces, a debut solo album with elements of Americana, alternative radio rock, and hints of the fusion of electronic styles and organic songwriting that would show up on later releases. Subsequent songs like "VHS" and "Was It Something I Said" (both released in 2019), saw a significant shift in styles, moving more toward loops, warped guitar samples, and airy hooks. In 2020, MyKey issued the track "Please Don't Go" and a remix of "Was It Something I Said" featuring Cavetown. The following year, he released "Sweet Tooth" on its own, and the song also appeared on the short mixtape Welcome to the Witching Hour, which collected nine of MyKey's self-produced tracks. ~ Fred Thomas