Ryan Bingham

Ryan Bingham is an eclectic roots-based singer/songwriter whose musical traditionalism runs parallel with a deeply personal lyrical perspective. Bingham vaulted from obscurity to stardom in 2009 when he won an Oscar for co-writing "The Weary Kind" with T-Bone Burnett. The song was the centerpiece of Crazy Heart, a drama about a country singer that won Jeff Bridges the Academy Award for Best Actor, and established Bingham's career as a troubadour, walking the line separating country and Americana. In the wake of Crazy Heart, Bingham appeared on the country charts, but by the ti...