Country Music Concert: Ian Munsick

Friday, Aug. 19

7 p.m.

Fairgrounds Arena

Country music singer/songwriter Ian Munsick will perform in concert on Friday, Aug. 19, as part of the Sanpete County Fair.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the Sanpete County Fairgrounds Arena. The fairgrounds are located at 50 W. 500 North in Manti.

Tickets are $35 for reserved seating and $25 for general admission seating and may be purchased online at sanpetecountyfair.net.

Breathing fresh Rocky Mountain air into the Nashville music scene, Ian Munsick is pioneering a new brand of country. The Wyoming-born singer/songwriter’s upbringing was a mix of working the ranch and working crowds. Under the tutelage of their fiddle-playing father, Munsick and his two older brothers grew up playing everything from bluegrass to The Beatles.

Incorporating elements across genres, he has now begun to establish himself as a progressive artist with an old soul. Captivated by traditional lyrical truth and the modern soundscape, Ian followed his ear to Music City.

In 2017, he released a self-titled EP, winning iHeartRadio’s Rocky Mountain Song of the Year for the rootsy “Horses Are Faster” and becoming the only artist who simultaneously qualified two tracks as finalists in the NSAI/CMT songwriting competition.

Equipped with a full ready-for-release collection of songs, the 27-year-old has signed his first major label deal with Warner Music Nashville.

His debut album “Coyote Cry,” out now, features his mile-high tenor underscoring self-penned songs that conjure equal parts epic adventure and down-to-earth wisdom. The record marks the dawn of western pop-laced country, pulling a thread straight from Chris LeDoux through Post Malone.

Fans are finding that with albums like “Coyote Cry” and its flagship single “Long Haul,” western country is being reborn.

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