Austin Burke

Austin Burke, an Arizona-born country-pop singer recognized for his understated vocal approach and faint country accent, set aside an emerging baseball path to pursue music with his first release, the 2016 single "Sleepin' Around." His relaxed phrasing suited romantic material such as "Speed of Life" and the alluring "Let It Burn," while also supporting a lighthearted touch, as heard on the playful 2021 fishing tribute "Wet Dream." The year 2022 brought further traction through his second EP, Changed Everything, anchored by the Billboard-charting single “Let It Burn.”

The Arizona native first performed publicly at age three, delivering the national anthem for Phoenix’s Diamondbacks and Suns. A meeting with Garth Brooks during a San Diego Padres spring training game merged his twin interests in baseball and music, resulting in an invitation to sing the Brooks hit "Friends in Low Places" on The Rosie O’Donnell Show and ultimately spurring a move to Nashville at 19. After four years of waiting tables while sharpening his songwriting, he drew notice with "Sleepin' Around." Opening slots for Vince Gill and Cole Swindell preceded the follow-up single "Whole Lot in Love," which surpassed 44 million streams and appeared alongside its predecessor on Burke’s self-titled 2017 EP. August 2018 saw the release of "One Summer" shortly after he signed with Kobalt’s AWAL imprint.

He remained with AWAL through 2019, issuing the digital tracks "Slower" and "Love You Most," before returning to his independent Bolo Records for 2020’s "Desert Child." Further 2020 releases comprised "I Grew Up," "Young Love," "Speed of Life," "Ain't Gonna Break My Heart," and "Town Home," followed in 2021 by the Leah Marie Mason duet "Far Boy" and "Wet Dream." Late that year he entered a publishing agreement with Warner Chappell, where "Changed Everything" became his first song. Early 2022 brought "Let It Burn," which reached number four on the Billboard Country Digital chart and formed the core of the Changed Everything EP issued that spring.