Chris Austin was born February 24, 1964 in Boone, North Carolina. Austin worked as a sideman for Ricky Skaggs for three years, singing and playing…
Artist Profiles: Chris Austin
Tag: Bluegrass
International Bluegrass Music Awards 2016 Winners Announced
The International Bluegrass Music Awards 2016 winners were revealed on Thursday, September 29. The Earls of Leicester, Flatt Lonesome and Becky Buller won multiple awards.…
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen Win 2016 IBMA Award for Instrumental Group of the Year
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen received the IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year award at the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards. The group first won…
Earls of Leicester Release “The Train That Carried My Girl From Town” Music Video
Bluegrass band Earls of Leicester has released a new music video featuring Release “The Train That Carried My Girl from Town”, one of the singles…
Duke Performances Reveals 2016/2017 World Music Season
Duke Performances revealed the world music programming (under the category International) for the 2016/2017 season. The world music shows include sitar maestra Anoushka Shankar with…
MerleFest 2016 Announces Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Winners
Yesterday evening, bluegrass and American roots music festival MerleFest announced the winners of the 2016 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest. Writers of the following 12 songs…
IBMA Announces World of Bluegrass 2016 Showcase Artists
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) announced its Official Showcase Artists, a group of 30 committee-selected artists that will be a part of the Bluegrass…
Flatt Lonesome Performs Bluegrass Version of Popular Game of Thrones Theme
Rising contemporary bluegrass band Flatt Lonesome has recorded an acoustic version of the passionately popular HBO series, Game of Thrones. Flatt Lonesome was hand-picked by…
MerleFest Announces 2016 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalists
The Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, presented by MerleFest, announced the finalists for the 2016 contest. Writers of 12 songs, selected from over 744 entries, will…
Fiddler Trevor Stuart Dies at 47
American fiddler Trevor Stuart passed away suddenly at his home on March 2, 2016 at the age of forty-seven. Trevor Stuart was a member of…