Education
After graduating from high school, she attended New York University on a theater scholarship, and worked on Office-Broadway shows and as a songwriter.
After graduating from high school, she attended New York University on a theater scholarship, and worked on Office-Broadway shows and as a songwriter.
Middleman sang from age ten at the Texas Star Inn in San Antonio, and began writing songs shortly thereafter. She sold recordings of her first song, There"s a Rainbow in Everybody"s Heart, on her elementary school playground. In her teens, she opened in concert for Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, and collaborated with Dick Wagner at age 17.
Following her schooling, she moved to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a career in acting, but by 1992 she had moved to Nashville to pursue music
She worked odd jobs and played locally before taking a job as a songwriter for Polygram Records in 1997. Soon after she was overheard by the president of Giant Records at a local show, who signed her.
The label released her debut in 2001, after she had scored two country radio hits in the United States. Middleman also co-wrote Radney Foster"s 1998 single "I"m In," which was later released as a single by The Kinleys in 2000 and Keith Urban in 2009. She also co-wrote Tracy Lawrence"s 2004 single "lieutenant"s All How You Look at lieutenant" and Sarah Buxton"s 2006 debut single "Innocence."
They released their debut album, Finally Home, on January 29, 2013.
Middleman is a member of Blue Sky Riders, a country music trio also featuring Kenny Loggins and Gary Burr.