Rob McGilton - My Undivided Attention (2026)

This combination of witty-serious stories and warmhearted ballads makes Rob McGilton’s new album an ear-catcher. Pianist/producer Randy Porter (twice Grammy-nominated) fused the singer-songwriter’s unique tunes, bright co-arrangements, and solos by some great jazz players into a play-it-again listening experience. Influenced by Dave Frishberg, Randy Newman, and Lorraine Feather, McGilton’s lyrics often use the “untrustworthy voice” to comment on human foibles and 21st-century issues: Examples: a brief love affair in a supermarket, a guy whose complete history from the Department of Lies totals 30 boxes, and a cell phone-obsessed dude in the title song whose “Undivided Attention” is anything but. A radio guru reveals the three magic words for getting un-stuck, Do It Anyway, and an older man has a Bucket List focused on life’s “small sweet pleasures.”

Personnel:
Rob McGilton, vocals; Randy Porter, pianist / producer; Todd Strait, drums; Patrick Golicnik, bass; Dan Dean, bass;; Jack Radsliff, guitar; David Evans, tenor sax / clarinet, horn arrangements; Dick Titterington, trumpet; Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn; Erin McGaughan, harmony vocals.