https://bluegrasstoday.com/chris-austin-songwriting-finalists-announced-for-2019/

We will be performing Sugar Ridge Road to see where the song places Friday, April 26th! come on out and support the songwriters who have placed in the top three of each genre! SEE YA THERE!

Bluegrass

• Wyatt Espalin (Hiawassee, GA) – Light Coming Through

• Anya Hinkle (Asheville, NC) – Ballad Of Zona Abston

• James Woolsey (Petersburg, IN) and David Foster (Petersburg, IN) – Sugar Ridge Road

Country

• Hannah Kaminer (Asheville, NC) – Don’t Open Your Heart

• Andrew Millsaps (Ararat, NC) – Ain’t No Genie (In A Bottle Of Jack)

• Shannon Wurst (Fayetteville, AR) – Better Than Bourbon

General

• Wright Gatewood (Chicago, IL) – First

• Alexa Rose (Asheville, NC) –  Medicine For Living

• Bryan Elijah Smith (Dayton, VA) – In Through The Dark

Gospel/Inspirational

• Ashleigh Caudill (Nashville, TN) and Jon Weisberger (Cottontown, TN) – Walkin’ Into Gloryland

• Kevin T. Hale (Brentwood, TN) – We All Die To Live Again

• Russ Parrish (Burnsville, MN) and Topher King (Savage, MN) – Washed By The Water

The final round of competition will occur on April 26 at MerleFest, starting at 2:00 p.m.