EPK
Discography
Thin Places - Single (2025)
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The Leavin’ Door - Single (2025)
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Out of the Darkness - Single (2024)
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Tír na nÒg - Single (2023)
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I Wonder What You See - Single (2021)
This Side of the Dirt - Album (2018)
Robert Dale Klein
Singer | Songwriter | Storyteller
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Award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Robert Dale Klein creates music that resonates with heart, honesty, and lived experience. Drawing from decades of life, love, loss, and joy, his songs offer plainspoken storytelling in the rich tradition of Americana — music that feels both timeless and deeply personal.
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Robert’s music is more than a collection of songs — it’s an invitation to walk “this side of the dirt” with him: honest, reflective, and alive with the moments that make us human.
From his earliest days crafting homemade instruments in childhood to commanding stages around the world, Robert’s journey has been defined by an unwavering devotion to song. Music has been his constant companion — a way to understand the world and connect with others through melody and meaning.
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His published recordings include the acclaimed full-length album This Side of the Dirt (2018) and a string of evocative singles such as Thin Places (2025), The Leavin’ Door (2025), Out of the Darkness (2024), Tír na nÒg (2023), and the heartfelt duet I Wonder What You See (2021). Robert’s songs have found life beyond the studio — featured on radio and television, in film and musical theater, and performed across stages in the U.S. and overseas.
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A generous collaborator as well as a solo artist, Robert has co-written with an impressive circle of critically-acclaimed songwriters, including Dan Navarro, Phil Madeira, Will Kimbrough, Cindy Morgan, Jennifer Ferguson Smith, Sasha Lazard, and many others — friendships that have deepened both his craft and his creative reach.
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His work has been recognized by major industry organizations, receiving nominations and honors from Country Music Television (CMT), the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest, and the Berklee College of Music, among others.
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In addition to his music, Robert contributes to the songwriting community as a longtime NSAI Chapter Coordinator, and he is a member of the Americana Music Association, Folk Alliance International, and the Songwriters Association of Washington.​
Live Performance Highlights Reel
My Musical
Journey
– Robert Dale Klein
I am completely smitten by music and song. They’ve been my constant and cherished traveling companions throughout my walk “on this side of the dirt.” My journey started as a little kid. I loved singing with my grandparents who took me to summer “sing-along” concerts in the local parks. My fascination with music and song really blossomed in the seventh grade, when I watched The Beatles' debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. Within days after that show I had assembled my first – and thankfully only – drum kit from an assortment of my grandmother’s hat boxes (toms), metal potato chip cans (snare and cymbals), and “drumsticks” carved from wooden dowels stolen from the cage of our dead family parakeet. “Tweetie” would have been very pleased – my parents, not so much. The “drum kit” was terrible, but still much better than my playing ability.
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Fortunately for my parents, my interest in becoming the family “Ringo” was replaced by a greater passion for learning how to play guitar like John, Paul and George. With seven kids, my parents had no money to spare for music lessons, so I taught myself guitar by watching high school classmates. I next taught myself piano, discovering that I could play by ear. I also began to write songs, none good, but all from the heart. After decades of trial, error, and lots of practice, my songs have gotten better, as have my playing and singing. Nothing gives me greater joy than touching others’ hearts with a well-crafted song from my own heart. ​
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Happily, others seem to appreciate my music. My songs and compositions have been performed on radio and TV, in film, musical theater, and on stages across the USA and foreign countries in both hemispheres. They’ve also garnered recognition from Country Music Television (CMT), the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), the Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest, the Berklee College of Music, and a variety of music industry publications. Eight of the ten songs on my album “This Side of the Dirt” have made the Top Five or Top Ten on KC Café Radio in Kansas City. Must be something “Americana” in the water out there! I am humbled by this positive public reception.
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Perhaps most fulfilling, I am privileged to have co-written songs with several super-gifted, award-winning singer-songwriters, including my friends Dan Navarro, Phil Madeira, Will Kimbrough, Cindy Morgan, Jennifer Ferguson Smith, Sasha Lazard, Juliana MacDowell, Donna Britton, David Glaser, Chuck McDowell, John Mulder, Lauren Calve, and many others.
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