About
In an episode of the Fox TV drama “Bones”, a character made a mix of “the five greatest break-up songs” and gave it to a heart-broken colleague. The mix featured songs from alternative pop stars Sia, Mazzy Star, José González, Antony and the Johnsons…and an unsigned artist by the name of Aaron English.
Nashville-based singer-songwriter/pianist Aaron English’s soul-searching songs are soulful, sophisticated, cinematic…and filled with echoes of his travels through Africa, Brazil and the Middle East. His nine self-released albums and EPs have drawn comparisons to Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, James Blunt, David Gray, Sting, and Robert Plant.
The feature on “Bones” is just one of English’s notable achievements, which also includes a Top 5 radio hit in Italy, Top 20 radio hit in the U.S., two hits in Pakistan, and being named a Keyboard Magazine “Artist to Watch”. His music has been heard on CBS, NBC, Bravo and TBS, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and ads for Google, Chevrolet, Motorola, Patagonia, Kaiser Permanente, Price Waterhouse Cooper and Kraft Foods.
In 2023 Aaron travelled to Karachi, Pakistan, where he played concerts and wrote music with Pakistani artists. The trip culminated in the climate change anthem “Sound the Alarm”, Aaron’s collaboration with the U.S. State Department and hip-hop star Ali Gul Pir.
In 2025 he was the winner of the Beyond Music Foundation’s Social Activist Award for his work as the founder/director of the International Youth Music Project, a charity that supports youth music programs at orphanages, refugee camps and HIV/AIDS+ community centers in East Africa.
Aaron divides his time between touring in the U.S. and Europe, his charity efforts in Africa, livestream concerts on StageIt.com, and long-distance song and video collaborations with musicians around the world.
