Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

Radio / East proudly welcomes GRAMMY nominee **Bronwyn Keith-Hynes** (Best Bluegrass Album) to Austin!

**Keith-Hynes** has long been renowned as a prolific instrumentalist, earning two **IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year** awards as well as a **GRAMMY** for her work with **Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway**. But on her latest album **I Built a World**, the Charlottesville native unlocks an impressive new sound: her voice.

"This is the first album I've ever sung lead on. Singing is something I'd always thought I'd do at some point and in 2020 I had the time and space to finally find my voice," Bronwyn says. Even as the pandemic halted touring and so much else, vocal lessons kept her focused. "It's funny," she jokes of the timing, "you put a mask on me and suddenly I want to sing."

**I Built a World** marks her first vocal album, but Bronwyn has been a musician since before she can remember. "Apparently, I saw two girls busking on the street playing fiddles when I was three," she explains with a laugh, "and I pointed to them and said, 'I will do that.'"

As a child, music lessons gradually transitioned into public performances, with a particular emphasis on Irish music after her family relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia. And her lifelong musical education continues to shape her work today. A background in dance makes her a captivating and energetic live performer. An on-stage collaboration with fellow Charlottesville native Dave Matthews taught her how a crowd could feed your energy. And attending Berklee during the early years of its American Roots Music program offered inspiration from classmates like Sierra Hull and Alex Hargreaves—as well as an introduction to Tuttle and most of Bronwyn’s Golden Highway bandmates. "My favorite bluegrass musicians today are the ones who are rooted in traditional music, but don't really see any boundaries," she says. "It's as if they draw from a traditional bluegrass vocabulary, but use it to say what they want to say."

Now, as her own entry in bluegrass history expands from celebrated instrumentalist to bandleader and frontwoman, Bronwyn isn’t just crafting a career in the image of genre greats like **Sam Bush** and **Jerry Douglas**; she’s bringing them along for the ride. Both Bush and Douglas are featured as players on I Built a World, and they’re not the only of Bronwyn’s musically-inclined pals and heroes to make an appearance.

**Darrell Scott** sings on “Angel Island,” a Peter Rowan tune. Country fans may recognize **Dierks Bentley** singing harmony on “Trip Around the Sun” and Brit Taylor on “Answers”. Longtime pal Tuttle and Bronwyn’s fiance **Jason Carter** (an accomplished fiddle player himself) also appear as vocalists on multiple tracks. And rounding out the band are **Bryan Sutton** on guitar; **Dominick Leslie** on mandolin; **Wesley Corbett** and **Scott Vestal** on banjo; and **Jeff Picker** on bass.

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