Anya Hinkle: Ridgeway Concert Series w/Sam Grisman Project and TANASI

Originally from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Anya Hinkle's music is steeped in the tones of folk and mountain music, featuring award-winning songwriting, vibrant musicianship, and striking honesty. About her latest album Oceania, Americana Highways writes, “This North Carolina singer-songwriter…is the real deal – melodic with rich traditional instincts… one of the year’s best.” Oceania (2024, Red Parlor Records) was produced by GRAMMY award-winning Irish producer Kevin Moloney (U2, Sinéad O’Connor) and features Celtic guitar legend John Doyle alongside slide guitar master Billy Cardine. Americana UK notes, “Hinkle delivers an absorbing vocal performance, full of character and soul…with her own distinctive sound,” while RnR Magazine (UK) says, "Her vocal style…has a mix of purity, intensity, and richness…it mirrors the music itself, individual, distinctive, and deeply satisfying.” Songs from the album were featured in No Depression and Folk Alley’s “Best Of” playlists, and the track “Eitil Away” won the USA Songwriting Competition in the World Category. Anya won the Merlefest Chris Austin song contest (2019) and was the runner-up in the 2021 International Acoustic Music Awards. She has played stages at Rockygrass, Merlefest, Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, La Roche Bluegrass Festival (France), Richmond Folk Festival, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Moab Folk Festival, and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion. She has recorded 11 albums in various configurations, including recordings with bluegrass bands Dehlia Low (Rebel Records) and Tellico (Organic Records), of which she was a founding member, and currently with her worldgrass trio TANASI (Mary Lucey, Billy Cardine), who were awarded the USArtist International grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2025