Ryan Bingham is an American singer-songwriter and actor, whose music spans multiple genres. He is currently based in Los Angeles, California. As of 2019, Bingham has released six studio albums and one live album, the last four of which were released under his own label, Axster Bingham Records.

After receiving critical acclaim for his first two studio releases on Lost Highway Records, 2007’s Mescalito and 2009’s Roadhouse Sun, Bingham went on to collaborate with Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett on the soundtrack for the 2009 acclaimed film Crazy Heart, including notably co-writing and performing the film’s award-winning theme song, “The Weary Kind”. Bingham’s most recent album, American Love Song, was released on February 15, 2019. In April 2019 Bingham partnered with Live Nation to launch his own music festival, The Western. The inaugural event took place over two days in Luckenbach, Texas.