Tyler Booth

Like Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Booth is a country singer from Kentucky with a fondness for old-fashioned sounds, but where those two artists were grounded in such Americana styles as bluegrass, Booth stuck to mainstream country. His fondness for honky tonk and barroom anthems placed him within the tradition of Alan Jackson and Randy Travis, his deep baritone croon sometimes recalling that of Josh Turner. Booth could spin these old sounds into something fresh, a knack that was evident on his 2021 EP Grab the Reins. A native of Campton, a town in Wolfe County,...