Gena Britt

Gena Britt grew up in a small town in North Carolina where she fell in love with the sounds of bluegrass music at a very early age. Been a member of three critically acclaimed .bands including Petticoat Junction, New Vintage, and Lou Reid & Carolina. She then went on to form her own band in 2001, called ''The Gena Britt Band." Gene won an IBMA award for Recorded Event of The Year in 2001, for her work on ''Follow Me Back To the Fold," and has received two other notable nominations. These nominations include Female Vocalist of the Year in 2002 at the SPBGMA Awards and Recorded Event of the Year in 2005 at IBMA for ''Daughters of American Bluegrass.' Gena is also a 2003 graduate of the Leadership Bluegrass Program at IBMA.