Bluegrass concert features award-winning Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

Bronwyn 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 and a 2025 Grammy nomination for her latest album. But on that latest album, “I Built a World,” the Charlottesville, Virginia, native unlocks an impressive new sound: her voice.

“I Built a World” is her first vocal album, but Bronwyn has been a musician since before she can remember. As a child, music lessons gradually transitioned into public performances, with a particular emphasis on Irish music after her family relocated to Charlottesville. And her lifelong musical education continues to shape her work today.

An on-stage collaboration with fellow Charlottesville native Dave Matthews taught her how a crowd could feed a performer’s energy. And attending Berklee College of Music 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."

A background in dance also makes her a captivating and energetic live performer.

Doors and the Varsity Bar open at 6, with an opening act at 7, and Bronwyn’s show at 8. Tickets are $15 in advance or $17 at the door on the night of show.

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