Artist

Ethan Ballinger

Spending his childhood growing up around bluegrass royalty and a musically talented family, Ethan was picking up instruments and playing the toy banjo with Chet Atkins as a toddler. “I picked up the fiddle when I was really young, but it didn’t quite stick. I also took piano lessons for a few years, but it wasn’t until a couple years later that I discovered the guitar and then the mandolin that I became obsessed,” he said. When Ethan was 15 years old his parents bought him his first recording machine, which he immediately put to use recording his own instrumental music.

Garnering the attention of local television producers, Ethan went on to write, record and produce musical compositions for several nationally aired PBS programs and videos, including the Emmy award winning “Crank: Darkness On The Edge Of Town”. Ethan recently made the giant leap to record and release his first vocal album, “Don’t Lose It”, in the Spring of 2012. He performed every instrument on the album except for drums performed by Lee Holland, and a guest vocal appearance on “I Want You Around” by longtime collaborator Megan McCormick.

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Albums

Don't Lose It

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Songs

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   Broken Floor (We're Over)

   ANA10127

   alternative americana folk indie dark emotional gentle

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2. 2

   

   Hater

   ANA10123

   acoustic americana folk indie gentle heartfelt intimate

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3. 3

   

   Aching King

   ANA10108

   alternative indie soul atmospheric dark dreamy

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4. 4

   

   What You Done To Me

   ANA10105

   alternative indie soul atmospheric dreamy melancholy

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