Ryan Bingham is an American singer-songwriter and alternative country musician. He released his debut album, Mescalito, in 2007 and has since released five further studio albums, garnering widespread critical acclaim. His sophomore album Junky Star won him a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album in 2011.

Bingham's songs are a mix of folk, roots, Americana, and country, with a terse storytelling style similar to that of many of his rootsier contemporaries like Todd Snider and Steve Earle. He sings about themes of struggle and redemption, and has written his own lyrics for each of his songs. He has toured extensively in Canada and the United States, either headlining or as a special guest act.

In 2009, he won an Academy Award for the song 'The Weary Kind' from the movie Crazy Heart, and in 2017 he released his most recent album Fear & Saturday Night. Ryan Bingham has proven himself as one of the leading