Tyler Childers: Mule Pull ’24 Tour

Tyler Childers: Mule Pull ’24 Tour

Hailing from the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, Tyler Childers is part of a wave of 2010s Americana artists who prize authenticity both in their songs and sound. Sonically, he borrows heavily from the weathered, ornery progressive country records of the 1970s, a comparison brought into sharp relief on his second album, 2017’s Purgatory, which was produced by the acclaimed Americana rocker Sturgill Simpson. Childers’ success continued with a Grammy nomination for “All Your’n,” a cut from 2020’s politically charged bluegrass album Long Violent History. Where that record benefitted from his control, its 2022 successor Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? showcased his ambition, featuring a variety of styles spread over the course of three LPs. Childers tightened back up for Rustin’ in the Rain, an alternately raucous and empathetic album from 2023.