Biography

Emily Robison (born Emily Burns Erwin on August 16, 1972) is an American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and a founding member of the female country band The Chicks (fka Dixie Chicks). Robison plays banjo, dobro, guitar, bass, mandolin, accordion, and sitar. Initially in her career with the Dixie Chicks, she limited her singing to harmony with backing vocals, but within her role in the Court Yard Hounds, she has taken on the role of lead vocalist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Robison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.