Singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser’s Virginia-grown americana is inseparable from the principles that defined his upbringing: hard work, empathy, and community. Growing up in a small rural town in the Shenandoah Valley, Brent’s early creative exploits took many forms - filmmaking, painting, electrical engineering, etc. - before finally finding one that stuck: songwriting. The obsessive need to create emotionally stirring songs has never left, instead growing stronger and more precise with age. Now residing in the DC Metro area, Brent’s meticulously crafted lyrics reflect the experience of many rural transplants trying to find their way in a new world with their hearts still tied to the one they were born into.
Brent has played 400+ shows across 9 states, including shows opening for Judy Collins, The Local Honeys, Phil Vassar, and JP Harris. Along with being an artist himself, Brent takes great pride in being an ambassador for Virginia’s music community. He curates the Rising Virginia Americana Spotify Playlist, which regularly highlights new releases from roots artists across the Old Dominion. In 2022 Brent founded an independent record label and concert production company, Red Moon Recordings LLC, through which he launched two concert series showcasing Virginia-based artists, The Travelin’ Round and The Beltway Opry. Brent will release his second full-length album Moonrise, 9 songs about hope and loss, in autumn 2025.
“Funkhouser’s brand of ‘Virginia-grown Americana’ is just beginning to blossom.” - Alchemical Records
About Brent
“Blackberries” Performed Live at Clementine, Harrisonburg VA
Watch Brent perform “The Blues, Mary” at the 2021 Shenandoah Valley Music Festival:
In the News…
In the News
Live Review: JP Harris w/ Brent Funkhouser @ Jammin’ Java (Parklife DC) 6/29/2025: LINK
Songwriter SESH with Ken Demith - Ep 18 w/Brent Funkhouser, 6/26/2025: LINK
Brent Funkhouser Keeps His Chin Up with “We Get By” (Alchemical Records) 6/28/2023: LINK
Musician’s Cafe Podcast, Ep. 49 - Brent Funkhouser, 6/7/2023: LINK
Brent Funkhouser is Growing Blackberries in Folksy New Single (Alchemical Records) 3/1/2023: LINK
Songwriters In The Round Comes to Pearl Street Warehouse (Alchemical Records), 1/1/2023: LINK
Voted “Best Local Music Performer,” Nothern Virginia Daily “Best of Awards” 2021: LINK
WhiskeyRiff New Music Friday 3/12/2021: LINK
Americana Highways, 2/28/2021: LINK
Release Radar Saving Country Music: LINK
New Releases the Musical Divide: LINK
Adobe and Teardrops Podcast Episode 158, 2/12/2021: LINK
Last Day Deaf, 12/3/2020: LINK
Americana Highways, 10/25/2019: LINK
Virginia Craft Beer Magazine, Oct/Nov 2019: LINK
The Breeze, 9/26/2019: LINK
Shenandoah Valley Music Festival, 8/20/2019: LINK
Northern Virginia Daily/Daily News Record, 7/25/2018: LINK
Americana Highways, 5/8/2018: LINK
Accolades
Founder of Red Moon Recordings, which curates The Beltway Opry and The Travelin’ Round songwriter series, as well as the Rising Virginia Americana Playlist
Advocate for the Virginia roots music community, uplifting artists from the Old Dominion through event curation and online promotion
Over 400+ Performances in 9 states
Opening act for Grammy-winning folk legend Judy Collins, ASCAP-Award winning hit-maker Phil Vassar, Kentucky luminaries The Local Honeys, critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter JP Harris, All That star Danny Tamberelli’s band Jounce, and many more.
Performances at iconic regional venues such as Pearl Street Warehouse, Jammin’ Java, Clementine, Bright Box Theater, and the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival
Voted “Best Local Music Performer” in the Northern Virginia Daily’s Best Of Awards 2021
