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Biography
Chris Rusin was born in rural Kansas, grew up in rural Minnesota, and now lives on the edge of the Colorado Mountains. Chris spent most of his time outside on lakes and in the woods while growing up. He started writing songs when he was 14 and found a six string guitar, with only 5 of the strings, in his parents basement. Chris honed his songwriting and playing while travelling around the world and living life. Years of working in the city gave Chris an appreciation for where he came from and what is unique about it. This perspective informs his writing. In 2024 Chris submitted a song that earned him a spot in the master class at the famed “Song School” in Lyons Colorado. Now an accomplished songwriter, a singer of golden harmonies, and a masterful guitar player in many styles, the music of Chris Rusin is drawing comparisons with Bon Iver, Gregory Alan Isakov, Watchhouse, The Paper Kites, and other modern Folk Americana favorites.
New Music Releasing in 2025!!
We all fight an internal battle to understand where we come from, what is good about it ,what is not, and then decide who we are and what we will stand for. When Chris Rusin lost his ability to sing while going through chemotherapy, he laid in a hospital bed asking himself why he never recorded that album before he got cancer. The one about coming from nowhere and meeting your partner before you even know who you are. The one about making all the mistakes together, seeing the world to know yourself, and hopefully coming out the other side with some love and grace. Now three years cancer free, Chris has thrown everything he has into writing a collection of Modern Folk Americana songs with staggering truthfulness, devastating harmonies, and some of the richest most heartfelt music ever to come out of a place that’s nowhere near Nashville or LA. His first single “Leave It In The Snow” released March 21, 2025. Chris has partnered with a grammy winning producer and studio and is joined by some of the best musicians along the Colorado front range. If he’s not on a river, a trail, or a mountain, he’ll be putting out another tune.
