Tyler Childers in Durham

Tyler Childers is an American singer and songwriter from Lawrence County, Kentucky, working in neotraditional country, bluegrass and folk. His songs draw on Appalachian life and coal country, and have taken on racism and social justice. "Purgatory" (2017) and "Country Squire" (2019) were produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson, and he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Bitin' List".