Awen Family Band is a nationally touring world boogie collective founded by singer-songwriter and coddie-wompler Tim Husk in the summer of 2019. Awen Family played their first show at Kings in Raleigh, NC on June 5th and has since performed at festivals, concert series, venues, parks and backyards around the country. The band has featured an ever-changing all-star cast of artists who believe they are moving the message from one plane to another, “We don’t create the lesson, only move the message”, they don’t create the art, but are vessels for the great spirit to move through them, to inspire and to be inspired by the life around them.
The band has featured members of Toubab Krewe, Big Something, Dr. Bacon, Charlie Hunter, The Kind Thieves, The Fundamentals, Self Help, TUB, Firewater Tent Revival, Custard Pie, Mellow Swells, The Moon Unit, FRUTE and many other acts. Blending roots music from around the globe such as Zydeco, Bluegrass, Funk, West African Traditional Music, Old Time, Indie, Swing, Celtic, Folk, Psychedelic, Jam, Boogie and many more, topped with their own unique sound and lyrics to spread the message for all who seek to hear.
After 6 years of traveling across the country and playing with as many folks as you can think of, Awen Family has finally completed a full length studio album at Warmer Trackhouse in March of 2025. The Album “Instant Boogie” is set to be released on March 29th, 2026! The album marks the first big next step as the Awen Family Band solidifies into a more consistent lineup of players as well as the music and how it sounds. The band is excited to get this record out into the world and to start working on the next one with a whole bunch of new songs as well as Awen classics that didn’t make it on this one!