Austin Filingo

Hailing from northeastern Pennsylvania, Austin Filingo grew up immersed in a wide range of music from classic rock to country to jazz. At age seven he moved to Nashville, TN and began playing guitar. A few years later, at age eleven he competed in a guitar contest at Mars music, placing first in the rock category. From that moment on, his dream was realized and he knew he wanted to pursue music as a career.

In high school, guitar became Austin’s passion as he honed his skills and performed regularly around town. He competed in several of the Battle of the Bands competitions which led to sharing the stage with many of the great songwriters and musicians in Nashville, such as Gary Nicholson and Mike Henderson. Austin began experimenting with jazz and gypsy jazz at this point in his life, and decided to pursue a degree in Commercial Music at Belmont University.

Since graduating from Belmont University in 2010, Austin has either been performing nationally or in the studio with The Gypsy Hombres, Richard Smith, Paul Bogart, Caroline Spence, and many others. Austin endorses John Pearse guitar products and plays an R.J. Aylward Gypsy Jazz guitar.