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Robert SternStories, set to music.

Sixty original songs, a shelf of books and a podcast — the whole show under one roof. Hit play, turn it up, and keep the songs that stay with you.

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Act I · Featured music

Tonight’s setlist.

Four songs to open the show. Tap a song to put it up on the big screen — then open it for the lyrics and the story behind it.

Setlist — Side A ★ tonight

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Paper Lanterns

Song 1 · Ballad · Piano & voice

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A quiet song about the lights we leave on for the people still finding their way home.

Act II · The music library

The box office.

Every song is $1.29 on its own. Or grab a pass — any five songs for $5, any ten for $8. Mix whatever you like from all sixty.

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The ProgramAct III · Backstage

Robert Stern Creative presents

Meet the headliner.

Robert Stern makes songs, books and conversations out of the same raw material — the stories people carry with them.

Across sixty songs, a shelf of writing and an ongoing podcast, the work keeps coming back to the same questions: where we come from, who we carry with us, and what’s worth writing down before it’s gone. This is the home for all of it.

Cast & credits

  • SongwriterRobert Stern
  • AuthorRobert Stern
  • StorytellerRobert Stern
  • Podcast hostRobert Stern
  • Original songsSixty
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Intermission · Books & publications

Also on the shelf.

The stories that didn’t fit in three verses. Step into the light to take one off the shelf.

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Act IV · Blog & insights

Notes from the wings.

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A pen resting on a handwritten pagethe last verse ✎ Songwriting · October 14, 2026

Why I write the last verse first

On endings, and why knowing where a song lands makes every line before it easier to find.

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A vintage typewriter beside a coffee mugreal people, real lives Craft · September 30, 2026

What a song owes the people in it

Writing about real lives means deciding what to keep, what to change and what to leave alone.

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Faders on a studio mixing consoletake 14 ★ keeper Process · September 12, 2026

From notebook to finished track

The long, untidy middle between a first idea and a song you can download.

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Act V · The podcast

Live from the studio.

Conversations on the craft. Turn the dial to tune into an episode — the light comes on when you’re live.

On air

A studio microphone against a black background Ep. 12 · Latest The Robert Stern Podcast
89.5 FM · Episode 12

Where songs come from

00:0041:26

Notebooks, overheard lines and old photographs — the places a song starts, and the ones that never make it past the first verse.

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Coming attractions

Coming soon.

New music, new writing and new conversations — the work in progress, up on the board as it takes shape.

New music · Winter 2026

A new collection of songs

A fresh set of songs, now being recorded. Previews land here first, then in the library.

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Book · Spring 2027

The next book

Robert’s next publication is in the works. Cover, details and release date coming soon.

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Podcast · Monthly

New conversations

Fresh episodes and guests, announced here as they’re recorded.

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The guest list

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Paper Lanterns0:00 / 0:30 · Demo audio