PHILL BARNETT
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN

IRVINE — Senora May played the Mountain Mushroom Festival Saturday in Irvine. During her performance she announced that she would be taking the rest of the year off from music due to finding out she and her husband Tyler Childers will be having their first baby.

“I’ll let my baby daddy come up here and finish my set,” Senora said before Tyler Childers took the stage to play a medley of his greatest hits including Lady May, a somber love ballad about his relationship with Senora.

Tyler Childers is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter from Lawrence County. Senora May is also an acclaimed singer-songwriter from Estill County. Both eastern Kentuckians are also social justice advocates and founded the Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund together.

The Childers family has provided water crisis relief in Martin County, including the donation of over 12,000 bottles of water.

On April 25, Tyler Childers announced on social media that he would be playing Red Rocks Amphitheatre again this year with openers from the region, including Luna and the Mountain Jets, a band based out of Fallsburg in Lawrence County.

Senora released her critically-adored album All of My Love last February. Tyler Childers released the controversial Long Violent History in 2020.

During the pandemic, their shows have been sparse but became more frequent in 2021. However, both are planning to take it easy the rest of the year to welcome the newest member of the Childers family.