Then a triple album with his band The Food Stamps, Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven?, confronted religious intolerance while holding on to the joy of worship. First came Long Violent History, a bluegrass album framed by a stirring anthem decrying racial injustice.
A period of self-assessment led the songwriter, known for his richly detailed portraits of contemporary rural life, to become more explicit about his beliefs. "Even if you have the privilege of walking through this world unfazed, it's more important than ever to stand with and for and up for things, to be vocal," the grassroots country star said during a recent long conversation.Ĭhilders was sequestered with his wife Senora and new son at home in Kentucky when the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic inspired a nationwide outpouring of protest. Tyler Childers has thought a lot about what it means to be an ally. These are human stories, not political stories." Childers' friend and collaborator, the writer Silas House, says that he wanted to show that stories like this "are part of the story of Appalachia, too. The video for the record's first single, "In Your Love," depicts a love story between two miners.
Tyler Childers will release a new album, Rustin' in the Rain, on Sept.
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