Performing Arts

Singer Songwriter Robin Lane is best known for her 1980's hits including "When Things Go Wrong" while fronting the Boston based Robin Lane and the Chartbusters. Lane's voice is now focused on enrichment programs like "Giving Youth A Voice" and "Songbird Sings" whose mission is to transform those silenced by domestic violence, enabling them to give voice to their experiences and emotions through songwriting and creative collaboration in a safe, enjoyable, and structured environment.

Robin Lane grew up in California in the 1960?s, when bands like the Byrds, the Doors and Buffalo Springfield ruled the Sunset Strip and wrote the soundtrack to the riots and protest movements of the counterculture. She started her professional career singing on Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere album. Robin moved to the east coast and carefully assembled a band she called The Chartbusters. In 1979, after considerable local success, she and the band were signed to Warner Brothers Records. The group had the 11th video ever played on MTV, did several national tours, and was voted one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 10 New Bands of 1980

Robin is the founder and creative director of Songbird Sings. "Songbird Sings mission is to transform those silenced by domestic violence enabling them to give voice to their experiences and emotions through songwriting and creative collaboration in a safe, enjoyable, and structured environment". Those participating will come to see that they do not have to go back to the lives they once lived. They will learn to have faith in their creative abilities and will realize the power contained in their own voice. This isn’t a cure but for those who have survived trauma, for those who are incarcerated, it is a powerful step in the healing transformation.

Performing with Lane tonight on bass and vocals is Marblehead resident John Pfister who has played in many regional and local bands including PlanetStreet, Asa Brebner, The Guy Ford Band, and the infamous MarbleHeadstones.