Robbie Clark Music

Robbie Clark developed a passion for music when he was three years old. His dad Kerry, a singer-songwriter himself, was recording his 5th studio album, and Robbie was hanging out, listening. Soon, he was humming along. His dad kept admonishing him, “Robbie, I’m recording. You have to be quiet.” Robbie didn’t mean to be disobedient, it’s just that music was already speaking to him and through him. Of course it was. His parents and both of his older brothers had all developed their own distinct and passionate relationships with music. Unable to keep his toddler silent, Dad finally relented and let Robbie take a chorus: his solo debut.

The following year, Robbie joined his father on stage for the first time, marching out in front of a crowd of a couple hundred people. He remembers being nervous as he waited for his part, then he locked eyes with his dad, felt the rush of trust and connection between them, and as his voice electrified the audience, he felt a knowing deep within. If a four-year-old can have a certainty about the future, this was his life’s calling.

Robbie’s first original song, Mine, written in the 4th grade, appears as a bonus track on his dad’s 2014 chart-topping Folk album, In a Perfect World. That song opened the floodgates to his creative expression, and he got more serious about writing, recording and instrumentation. In 2016, just before entering high school, he traveled with his parents on a six week, 13-city tour that had him appearing in concert from Boston to Los Angeles, where he gained an appreciation for live performance. He was accepted to the Toledo School for the Arts in Ohio, majored in jazz guitar and graduated in 2021.

Given his pedigree, music was probably preordained for Robbie. But authenticity isn’t. Nor is craft. Those things take diligence, strength of heart and wisdom that stretches, for now, a bit beyond his years. “I love people’s stories, hearing their challenges. I love holding space for people and listening to what they have to overcome or how they overcame something. I want to be someone people can relate to. I want my music to help people.”