Reneé's Miraculous Musical Story

Reneé Austin is an American Soul, R&B, Gospel/Worship singer, songwriter, speaker and vocal/performance coach. She is a six-time Minnesota Music Award Winner, including 'Female Vocalist of the Year' and was nominated for a National Blues Music Award in the "Best New Artist" Category. Austin has a wide vocal range, and has opened for 9 Grammy Winners such as Los Lobos, Tower of Power, Delbert McClinton, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Keb Mo, Robert Cray and more. She released three albums between 1997 and 2005. Austin was a featured performer on Morgan Freeman's PBS Blues Divas, as well as singing for a live, WWE SmackDown season premier, whose television audience was six million. Her singing voice has been compared by critics to those of Tina Turner, Gladys Knight and Regina Belle.  It was announced in 2005 that her career was finished.  Following thyroid surgery, she was left with a paralyzed vocal nerve that made speaking and further singing impossible. However, after years of inaction, her voice was miraculously restored, and in 2015, Austin returned to performing. Her latest release is a new Gospel/Worship album filled with 13 original songs entitled, Songbirds & Angels. Reneé is grateful to God for giving her voice back. She is available to share her miraculous story and music for churches, podcasts, schools, conferences, as well as, corporate and community events.