or would that be the start of a long violent history Tyler, who’s been spending most of his quarantine sawing away on the fiddle and healing up from a busted collarbone, just dropped a surprise album titled Long Violent History.. Childers, who's emerged in recent years as the foremost roots-music representative of the white working and underclass of the mid-South, directly addresses those among his fan base who've been "taken aback" by what they perceive as the inexplicable violence of this summer's Black Lives Matter protest. After all, he’s been working to fine tune his fiddle skills recently so I would imagine that you’re hearing him saw away. Tickets purchased through Ticketmaster are subject to additional service charges. Steve Azar/My Mississippi Reunion It's a grounding detail in a statement full of specifics, a clear and simple plea for empathy. Granger Smith/Country Things, Vol. Filmore/State I’m In/Curb Records, October 2 Tyler Childers Addresses Systemic Racism On Surprise Album, ‘Long Violent History’, 3rd & Lindsley Announces Oct. 1 Reopening, Carrie Underwood Welcomes The Holiday Season With Christmas Album ‘My Gift’ [Interview], Kent Blazy Gets ‘Authentic’ On New Collection, Paul Cauthen, Orville Peck Team For Some ‘Unrighteous Brothers’ Fun On New Collaboration, Ray Stevens Showroom CabaRay To Reopen In October, Kathie Lee Gifford Talks New Movie, Working With Brett James, And New Beginnings [Interview]. Jamie O’Neal/Sometimes/BFD/Audium, October 23 Tyler Childers made a surprise drop of his new album, “Long Violent History,” on Sept. 18. Sam Bartells/Let’s Go The album is completely instrumental save for the final title track, and features a heavy dose of old fiddle tunes that may or may not be Tyler himself. Childers spins tales in his statement as he does in his songs – vividly, describing scenes in which white country folk might be killed by game wardens while fishing, or pulled from their cars while driving Grandma to the hospital. Whiskey Riff is the most entertaining country site…ever. Presenting himself as a confused "white boy from Hickman" who once understood how the protests might feel like unnecessary trouble, Childers artfully bends perspective at the ballad's center, realizing that for all the times he'd belligerently questioned authority, he'd never felt like he might lose his life. Tyler Childers unveiled his new surprise album, Long Violent History, on Twitter today. Rascal Flatts/Twenty Years Of Rascal Flatts The Greatest Hits/Big Machine/Disney Music Group/Lyric Street Records, October 9 Steep Canyon Rangers/Arm In Arm/Yep Roc Records The album follows 2019’s Country Squire, his 2017 breakthrough Purgatory and the 2013 indie release Bottles and Bibles. Why would we stand silent, or worse, get in the way of it being rectified?". Carrie Underwood/My Gift/Capitol Nashville Looking for answers, and armed to the teeth.”, “.30-06s and pappa’s old pistol Leave it to Tyler to drop a surprise album of mostly instrumental fiddle tunes and then just when you’re nice and comfortable, he smacks you in the head with a thought-provoking song about the current state of racial injustice in the United States. Then he goes in, painting picture of what it would be like for white Southerners if "the smallest interaction with a public servant" led to being handcuffed, assaulted and possibly shot multiple times, as Louisville resident Taylor was by police who entered her apartment in a no-knock raid in March. Kari Jobe/The Blessing/Capitol CMG. Sturgill Simpson Tour 2020: Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers have announced dates for their anticipated 2020 tour.Dubbed A Good Look’n Tour, the trek kicks off in February in Birmingham, Alabama, and winds its way across the country before wrapping up with a home state show in Louisville, Kentucky. However there has been concern that the album could run the risk of being misinterpreted if not given some sort of accompanying explanation to set it in context. It’s called me belligerent, it’s stuck me for ignorant/But it ain’t never once made me scared just to be./Could you imagine, just constantly worrying/Kicking, and fighting, and begging to breathe. Childers has taken a chance with this song – in the video, he explains that the eight instrumental songs that precede it on his new album were well-considered as stage-setters for this final, controversial act. Records Til we come into town in a stark  ravin’ anger Skip Ewing/Wyoming/Write! Brent Cobb/Keep ‘Em On They Toes/Ol’ Buddy Records How many you reckon would it be, four or five Tyler Childers Tour Dates 2021: March 27 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater March 28 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater March 30 – Peoria, IL @ Monarch Music Hall March 31 – Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird Nightclub April 5 – Fort Worth, TX @ Billy Bob’s April 6 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater