Megan Burtt

Megan Burtt has played music on almost every continent, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and survived a gluten free diet for a decade. She and Oprah share the same enneagram number. Burtt has returned with "Witness". The Colorado-based performer, a past Kerrville NewFolk Competition winner who also performed with the all-redhead roots band Gingerbomb, had been working on the project for years, but hit delays with illness and false starts. She really began to unlock new levels in her songwriting when she decided to stop dancing around what she really wanted to say. “I discovered that’s a side of myself I like as a songwriter. It’s become a sensibility that I know how to rest in.” With unfailing honesty and vulnerability, Burtt—who self-produced the project—wrestles with weighty topics like the burden of her own aspirations, generational trauma and the end of an important relationship. She also does it while mixing in doses of groove and pop smarts that make the lyrics hit even harder. Ultimately, even though she addresses thorny topics, there’s a sense of hope on Witness. “These songs are more real because hidden in them is the belief that there’s a silver lining, I’m not ignorant to the dumpster fire you have to endure to get there. Ultimately, I’m hopeful too. I enjoy the pursuit of it all.” She is currently working on her next full-length albums - one with with with producer Louis Cato (Stephen Colbert house band, Stay Human) and the other with Anthony da Costa in Nashville.