Collin Herring

Since the 2002 release of his stunning inaugural album, "Avoiding the Circus", Fort Worth, TX native Collin Herring has been touted as the "torchbearer for alt-country" by Miles of Music, and "the next big thing" by the Dallas Observer. Described by HARP magazine as "one hell of a debut", "Avoiding the Circus" won Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards in 2003 for Album of the Year, Best Country Album and Songwriter of the Year. His follow-up sophomore cd, "The Other Side of Kindness", released at Austin's SXSW music festival in 2005, also won Album of the Year honors in 2005 and garnered national praise from the holy trinity of alt-country publications Paste Magazine, HARP and No Depression. A third record, "Past Life Crashing" was recorded over a two year period, released in 2008, and is once again representative of Collin's ongoing redefinition of the alt-country genre as he continues to create music that defies categorization.