Riley Gilbreath is a Bluegrass/Country artist from Crowley, Texas. He began taking banjo lessons in 2016 at the age of 12 with a loaner banjo from the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation's Play it Forward program. After about 2 years, he had taught himself Flat Pick guitar and began writing songs. In 2019 he had become The Texas State Banjo Champion at age 15.