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Eastern Kentucky shines at Grammys: Childers wins first award as Stapleton claims 12th
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOS ANGELES — Eastern Kentucky represented at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Sunday. Lawrence County songwriter Tyler Childers claimed his first Grammy Award, while Johnson County native Chris Stapleton added a 12th Grammy to his career. Childers led all Kentucky artists with four nominations. He
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Homecoming Septemberfest brings thousands to Louisa
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Lawrence County’s annual fall festival Septemberfest brought a long line of big names out for a homecoming celebration this past weekend including Tyler Childers, Noah Thompson and Ricky Skaggs. This Septemberfest fell on the bicentennial anniversary year of the founding of Lawrence County and celebrated the musical accomplishments of
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Tyler Childers announces upcoming triple-album ‘Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?’
“I suspect it will win a Grammy. No fooling. It’s groundbreaking.” –Laid Back Country Picker BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Lawrence County native Tyler Childers announced on social media that he will be releasing a triple-album featuring new songs and arrangements. The album is set to be released on September 30 via Hickman Holler
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Tyler Childers, Laid Back Country Picker to play Septemberfest
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Lawrence County Septemberfest announced Friday that the two previously unannounced acts scheduled to play Septemberfest on Saturday, September 10 will be the Laid Back Country Picker and Tyler Childers. The two Lawrence County natives will close out the “U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Homecoming” concert at Septemberfest 2022, celebrating
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Tyler Childers surprises Fallsburg Summer Stage with closing performance
Small town, regional acts, national appeal “It has been a hot minute since I played Fallsburg.” –Tyler Childers BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN FALLSBURG — Tyler Childers made a surprise appearance in Fallsburg Friday, closing out the first of two nights for this year’s Fallsburg Summer Stage. Childers was an unannounced replacement for Town Mountain,
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Senora May, Tyler Childers announce pregnancy at Mountain Mushroom festival
PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN 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
