Robin English

Singer/songwriter Robin English entered the world in 1971 within a musically inclined household in Texas, spent her formative years in Arlington, and later shifted to Nashville, Tennessee, intent on building a country music career. She performed regularly with her band across local venues and teamed up on songwriting with more than one hundred collaborators, resulting in several hundred compositions, while also completing an honors degree at Belmont University and enrolling in law school. For a stretch she belonged to the Young Riders alongside Blake Shelton, Rachel Proctor, and Ryan Murphey. A solo contract with Columbia Records materialized in 2000. Co-written with Marcus Hummon, her debut single “Girl in Love” appeared on August 21, 2001, and peaked at number ten on Billboard’s Top Country Singles Sales chart; it registered nowhere on the airplay-based Billboard country singles chart, underscoring the expanding disconnect in the early twenty-first century between audience tastes and radio selections. Following widespread personnel turnover at the label, English sought and obtained her release without ever seeing a full-length album issued. She returned chiefly to touring, opening for Clint Black, Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie, and Mark Chesnutt. With Jess Brown and Tony Lane she co-wrote “A Far Cry from You,” which surfaced on Tracy Lawrence’s 2004 album Strong, and supplied background vocals for Reckless Kelly’s 2005 release Wicked Twisted Road. Hello Me came out on Global Row Productions in 2004. In December 2005 she signed with the independent Aspirion/Brass Ring Records, which launched her single “I’m the One” in early 2006; a self-titled album that reused several tracks from Hello Me followed on September 19, 2006, as she toured in support of Willie Nelson.