Shawn Brush is one of those rare musicians who is able to combine a fine-crafted musicianship with an unsurpassed talent for songwriting. He has won two Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards and worked alongside Fred J. Eaglesmith, Natalie MacMaster, Ray Materick and Sherry Kean to name just a few. Shawn's music is intense, genuine and deeply moving.

       Early on in life Shawn was inspired by such greats as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, John Prine and bluegrass legend Bill Monroe. He began playing the guitar at the age 14 and after attending a bluegrass jam in Hamilton Ont. Shawn felt something had changed in him forever. He became devotely focused and entirely serious about his passion for music. As his music developed shawn spent the summers traveling from one bluegrass festival to another, from Northern Ontario to Nashville Tennessee.