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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