And just thinking about him not having a music video on CMT that spoke to him. He taught me so much about singing he was my first tough critic. And he graduated from Northern Kentucky, went to Chicago and never came back. Tyler Childers: reason that I wanted to do this music video was my cousin growing up, who's like my big brother, is gay. I don't know how thought out this is, but you're making a whole volume of stories to guide us through these issues.

Now this video shows your empathy for LGBTQIA+ folks. Long Violent History addresses race and racism Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? tackles religious freedom and tolerance. Now, Childers has enlisted his good friend, the noted author and Kentucky poet laureate Silas House, to write a video for his new song, 'In Your Love,' that tells a sweeping story of love between two men.Īnn Powers: The way you've made your recent albums into interventions feels very considered.

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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