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| Born | Joshua Robert Rawlings December 10, 1982 |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
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| Website | joshrawlings |
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 The Heist, which became a multiple GRAMMY winning album.[1]
Rawlings' work with the Seattle jazz group Industrial Revelation yielded a "Seattle Stranger Genius Award".[2] Rawlings joined with singer Allen Stone for his 2013-14 US Tour.[3] The Josh Rawlings Trio released their album Swell at a launch party at Bake's Place in Bellevue, Washington, in November 2016,[4] and he had an interview about his life and career in the digital entertainment magazine WE BLAB.[5]
Rawlings was born in Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, to Charlene Linnae, a former chef and business owner and Todd Robert Rawlings, a patented[6][7] 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 Twin Cities, Minnesota, through sixth grade before moving to the Seattle, Washington, area in 1997. He attended Skyline High School in Issaquah, Washington, where he composed music for the school's Alma Mater;[8] he later attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance in 2005.[9]
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,[10] as well as a recording artist for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Rawlings was interviewed in 2017 about his career and relationship with Ryan Lewis on the Seattle Jazz Radio website, KEXP.org.[11]
