Bryan Elijah Smith is an international award winning American singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist producer based out of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. With over 2,000 songs penned & 14 independent album releases since 2009, Smith is creating a self-produced legacy that began with his first song at the age of 18. Smith writes, records (playing all instruments), produces, and mixes every song himself, releasing all of his music on his own terms. Crossing a wide array of genres, what gets produced has been compared to the likes of Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Ray LaMontagne, Colter Wall, JJ Cale and Gregory Alan Isakov. Aside from touring the United States for well over a decade & a half, Smith has also toured internationally in Brazil, Australia & Honduras. Having opened for artists such as Jim Lauderdale, Ryan Montbleau, Sierra Ferrell, Joe Pug and Old Crow Medicine Show, Smith’s innate songwriting ability and haunting voice leave you with a sense of timeless nostalgia. In March & AUGUST 2024, Smith captivated audiences internationally with SOLD-OUT shows in São Paulo, Brazil at ‘The S.’ and a noteworthy appearance on Energia 97 FM, one of Brazil's premier radio stations. 2025 tour dates & tickets available now. Smith won 2nd place in the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest 2019 where the title track to his album, ‘In Through The Dark’, was 1 of 12 songs chosen out of 1,000 national entries. Smith has been a CASC finalist 2 years in a row (past finalist include Gillian Welch & Lera Lynn). 'In Through The Dark' won 1st place in the 'Unsigned Only' 2019 international songwriting contest where there were 6,000 entries from over 100 countries. Judges included Aimee Mann, Robert Smith of The Cure, Garth Hudson from The Band and many more. 'In Through The Dark' also appears in the hit NETFLIX series 'Virgin River'. Subsequently the song was a 2020 Independent Music Awards nominee in the 'Used In Film/TV' category AND WAS RECENTLY FEATURED ON SIRIUSXM'S ‘THE VILLAGE’ IN 2024. Smith’s song “Echoes” is also featured on Netflix in Season 3 of Sullivan’s Crossing. 2023 single 'Colt 45' features Brad Barr from The Barr Brothers on electric slide guitar. SMITH'S 2024 SINGLE, ‘THE LINE,’ WENT viral on TikTok in July 2024, garnering over tens of millions of views and and is now featured in LMNT’s 2025 national ad campaign. 2025 single 'Ain't Half Bad' and 2026 single 'Man I Use To Be' are featured on Spotify’s Blues Roots editorial playlist. With thousands of shows behind him across the U.S. and abroad, and tens of millions of Spotify streams across a catalog of 60+ songs, he continues to carve his own path 100% independently. With two full-length albums already released in 2026, Smith’s third album arrives in August 2026 and will mark his first vinyl release in eight years. Bryan Elijah Smith is endorsed by Peluso Microphone Lab