After a monumental year full of nominations, album releases, and iconic performances, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is making waves. With the release of her latest bluegrass album, I Built A World, she has tested the waters with her voice, and to great success. The Grammy nomination testifies to its positive reception.
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Now, with so much potential on the horizon, we need to know what's in store for Bronwyn Keith-Hynes.
"With the fantastic reception of I Built A World, new opportunities musically have surely opened up for you. Your voice comes across beautifully on the album. What do you think this will mean for you going forward in your musical career, previously being primarily known as a fiddle player?" I asked.
"Well, I'm looking forward to doing more solo gigs and more gigs with my band. That's kind of an exciting thing that's been coming up a little bit more. More opportunities are coming up for next year. I've gotten booked at some really cool festivals that I'm excited to announce. Putting together some tours. So next year I'll be kind of balancing that with [Molly Tuttle &] Golden Highway, doing some Golden Highway gigs and more of my own stuff too."
No rest for Bronwyn Keith-Hynes in 2025 it appears. Off the back of the success of I Built A World, there will be huge demand for her music. Tours, gigs, and awards ceremonies will be taking up a lot of her year, for sure.
Given The Chance, Who Would You Duet
As well as being an incredible fiddle player, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is also a Grammy-nominated singer for 2025. She played alongside her husband at their wedding, held in the Opry, accompanied by many other magnificent country artists. But, I wanted to know, if she could play with anyone, living or dead, who would it be? What would be her dream co-artist?
"Oh, I'm a huge Sturgill Simpson fan. Like, he is kind of my number-one artist so I'd love to play with him someday," she said. "Gosh, living or dead, I mean The Beatles. If The Beatles needed a fiddler I would have loved to be there for that."
Quite the choice. We took a moment to work out just how they would fit a fiddle into their music. I'm sure, with the adaptability of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, and The Beatle's later work, there could certainly be space for it.
And, to sign off, I needed to know which track it would be she would recommend from her Grammy-nominated album if she could only recommend one.
"I would say 'Can't Live Without Love.' That's the first track on the record. I feel like that track kind of sums up a lot of what I was trying to accomplish with that record. Kind of blending folk sounds and bluegrass sounds and I think there's a little bit of a Celtic flavor in that one. I just feel like the way it came out I really like."
