Robin Mann - Australian Christian Music Artist

I write songs.

I was going to be a minister, a preacher. Maybe I had the wrong kind of name. Perhaps my brain, or my personality didn’t fit the bill. Anyway, I liked songs, playing the guitar, singing harmonies to the radio.

So writing Australian Christian Songs is what I do.

(I also support the Adelaide Crows football team, drive a grey Ford Territory, and own a lurid pink electric guitar. But I’m not especially known for these things. Well, maybe the guitar!)

Christian Church Music | Christian Songbooks

I write Australian Christian Songs, perform them, lead people in singing, put song collections together — of my own songs, and lots of other people’s too — record songs, and try to spread them around. Especially songs that Christians can sing together.

My songs have been sung by lots of people for a long time. Mostly by people in churches and church schools. I’ve written a host of songs for Christians to sing. More than a hundred of these have been published in various collections. The biggest number have appeared in the 7 All Together Songbooks  produced between 1980 and 2014. (1-5 by Openbook Publishers,  6 & 7 self-published -  business name, Curly Music) 8 are in the current Australian Hymnbook, Together In Song. A lot more have appeared in the songbooks of the biennial NCYC (National Christian Youth Convention).

Making Australian Christian Songs

Born and bred in southern Australia, I’ve lived in Adelaide most of my life. Making music is my main occupation but I’ve also been a schoolteacher (briefly) and worked for churches.

Since 1969 I’ve been married to Dorothy. We’ve got 3 adult children: Kristin, Jon & Thom, son-in-law Shane, grandson Owen.

Dorothy’s a retired schoolteacher. Also a singer, musician, editor, critiquer and avid supporter of Robin’s song-making.  Her voice has been ideal for leading singing and for many recordings. Her sparkling presence and great sense of humour complete many a picture.

So that’s a bit of who I am. The songs can tell you more. Check them out — hope you like doing them.

ALWS 29/5/24

In May 2023 we travelled to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, seeing work supported by Australian Lutheran World Service. Dorothy and I are Ambassadors for the ALWS programme, Lives You Touch. We are encouraging people to leave money in their will for the work of ALWS. We committed to leave a third of our will many years ago and hope many others can touch lives in this way.

Last year we visited churches in SA, Vic, Qld and WA with Jonathan & Julie Krause promoting the cause of ALWS.

Coming up soon:

* Nuriootpa (St Petri) Saturday June 22, 4 pm

To be confirmed:
Bordertown July 28,
Everton Park (Qld) August 17,
Canberra August 24 

Looking forward to seeing you at one of these events