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You can’t define Tyler Childers’ music. See photos from his soldout show in Raleigh

Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. ssharpe@newsobserver.com

It’s a mighty chore to shoehorn Tyler Childers into just one musical genre.

For the sake of clarity, let’s just cast aside the modern label of “Americana” or “Roots” and call it the “Past, Present and Future of Country Bluegrass Gospel, with Heart-Plucking, yet Mournful, Undertones.”

Simple enough, right?

Childers, a Kentucky native, played Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Wednesday night. The show had been rescheduled from the original date due to illness in the band.

Deer Tick opened the show.

Here are photos from the concert.

Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Craig Burletic on bass guitar takes the stage as Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Craig Burletic on bass guitar takes the stage as Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
C.J. Cain cuts loose on the guitar as Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
C.J. Cain cuts loose on the guitar as Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Kory Caudill holds forth on the accordian as Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Kory Caudill holds forth on the accordian as Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025.
Tyler Childers plays Raleigh, N.C.’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Wednesday night, April 23, 2025. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@newsobserver.com

Setlist

  • Shake the Frost
  • Lady May
  • Nose on the Grindstone
  • Follow You to Virgie
  • Tulsa Turnaround
  • Percheron Mules
  • Gemini
  • Country Squire
  • I Swear (To God)
  • Rustin’ in the Rain
  • All Your’n
  • Purgatory
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This story was originally published April 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM.

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