Tyler Childers

Tyler Childers is a Kentucky singer-songwriter whose music combines the storytelling and sounds of Appalachian life with honky-tonk, bluegrass, folk, gospel, and country. His breakthrough album Purgatory established a compassionate, clear-eyed songwriting voice, followed by projects including Long Violent History, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, Rustin’ in the Rain, and Snipe Hunter. Childers’ work balances tradition with experimentation while staying rooted in the people, places, stories, and moral complexities of Appalachia.