That's How Rumors Get Started brims with poignant reflections on motherhood and sharp prose debunking the mythology of rock-and-roll success. "This album is about relationships," she says. "It's about growing pains."
When it comes to Tyler Childers, it's tempting to read too much into album titles. Purgatory, his 2017 debut, did tend to hang suspended between the poles separating country and Americana, having its roots inflections feel spectral.
Just a few weeks after the surprise release of the Cuttin' Grass (Vol. 1): Butcher Shoppe Sessions album—which Uproxx called “the most sublime and delightful music he’s yet made on record”—Sturgill Simpson returns with the next installment of his bluegras
"A sleazy, steamy rock 'n' roll record" - Simpson. The psychotic "soundtrack" that accompanies Simpson's rock anime of the same name. Best thing Neil Young never did!
Tyler Childers is the finest songwriter to emerge from the Bluegrass State since Chris Knight and should be mentioned in the same breath as Fifth on the Floor, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, as a leader of the renaissance of Kentucky music.