Born in the small town of Dunn, North Carolina, Clint Alphin always had a straight path to becoming a successful businessman. His family ran a second-generation meat and seafood distributing company, and it was assumed that he might someday take it over, or do something similar. Although his family are all musical, and he grew up singing and playing in church and at school, most people in Alphin’s community considered music to be a hobby, not a profession. “In that town, there aren’t a lot of models for how you can be a professional musician. The perception is that you’re either world famous, or you’re eating beanie weenies out of a can for your whole life”. For Alphin, making the choice to pursue music was a hard-fought personal battle, but one that he found to be deeply true to himself. On his newest release the end at the beginning, Alphin chronicles and contemplates the challenges we face in becoming the most authentic versions of ourselves.

the end at the beginning is the fifth album for Alphin, and his third with producer Neilson Hubbard (The Apache Relay, Matthew Perryman Jones). It currently is available for streaming and purchase online and in book form, which includes alphin's original poems, and illustrations by Ivy rhodes and katie czarnik.  

“I felt like the book could capture more of what i was producing creatively following the pandemic,” says Alphin, “and as much as I love Cds, i knew i needed to make something more people would want to buy and take home from my shows.”

Telluride Troubadour Winner - 2017

Fresh Grass Festival Singer-Songwriter Award Finalist -2018 

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Songwriter Showcase - 2018

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist - 2017

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival Honorable Mention - 2017

Kerrville New Folk Finalist - 2015, 2018

Telluride Troubadour Finalist - 2013, 2015

Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalist - 2014