Who are the family members of Tyler Childers?
This article will inform readers searching to know more about the family members of Tyler Childers, his parents, wife and siblings.
Timothy Tyler Childers was born June 21, 1991. He is an American singer and songwriter. His music is a mix of neotraditional country, bluegrass, and folk. He released his breakthrough album Purgatory in August 2017. Childers has released five studio albums and a number of EPs and singles.
Tyler Childers was born and raised in Lawrence County, Kentucky. His father worked in the coal industry and his mother is a nurse. He learned to sing in church where he sang in the church choir. He started to play guitar and write songs when he was around 13.
He attended Paintsville High School in nearby Paintsville, in Johnson County, Kentucky, from which he graduated in 2009. Fellow country musicians Chris Stapleton (Staffordsville), Loretta Lynn (Butcher Hollow), and Crystal Gayle also hail from Johnson County.
Childers studied for a semester at Western Kentucky University and enrolled at Bluegrass Community and Technical College for a few semesters. He dropped out of college and did odd jobs for some time while pursuing a music career.
Childers began performing in Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia. In 2011, when he was 19, Childers released his first album, Bottles And Bibles. He has also released two EPs recorded in 2013 at Red Barn Radio, a radio show from Lexington. The two EPs were later released as one under the name Live on Red Barn Radio I & II after the success of his album Purgatory and reached No. 5 on Heatseekers Albums. He performed with a backing band called The Food Stamps.
He had his first success with Purgatory, a breakthrough album released on August 4, 2017. The album was produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson and recorded at The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville. Simpson also played guitar and sang backing vocals on the album, with Miles Miller on drums, Stuart Duncan on fiddle and Russ Paul on other instruments. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart, No. 17 on the Country Albums chart and No. 4 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.
On September 18, 2020, Childers released Long Violent History; a surprise album consisting mainly of traditional fiddle tracks. The album closes with the title track, “Long Violent History”, an original song that discusses racism, civil unrest and police brutality.
He released a video message to accompany the song, in which he discussed his intention for the album in general and the title track in particular, calling for empathy above all else. The video also reveals that 100% of the profits from the album will be used to support underserved communities in the Appalachian region, through Childers’ own Hickman Holler Appalachian Relief Fund.
On September 30, 2022, Childers released a triple album Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? The album is divided into three parts: Hallelujah, Jubilee, and Joyful Noise, and eight songs are presented in three different ways (Jubilee versions for example have additional instruments added to the Hallelujah version). The album charted at No. 8, which is Childers’ first top 10 album on Billboard 200, based on 27,000 units earned in the first week.
Childers released a new single in 2023 titled “In Your Love”. Co-written with Silas House, the song is about a relationship between two gay coal miners in the 1950s.
Who are the family of Tyler Childers: Parents
Cody Childers and Loyran Childers are Tyler’s parents. According to Tyler, his mother is a nurse and his father, Cody, worked in the Kentucky coal industry.
Tyler Childers’ wife
In 2015, Childers married fellow performer, Senora May, who is also a Kentucky native.
Senora is a Kentucky-born singer, composer, and performer.
She describes her music as organic and based on tales from her hometown and its residents. She is a country singer
Tyler’s siblings
Childers also has two siblings in the family. They are his brothers Emery and Nakas, and the three siblings grew up together and had each other’s backs as best friends.
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