So much needed to happen for Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr.'s song for Stephen King's latest film adaptation to come together that it seems to be nothing short of serendipity. The duo wasn't simply ...

Stephen Wilson Jr. is one of country music's most honest artists, and that's one of the reasons Taste of Country has named him one of our RISERS: 2026 Artists to Watch. Who Is Stephen Wilson Jr.?

“To be honest, how it came about for me was, they used one of my songs in the trailer, ‘Last of My Kind,’” explains Shaboozey. “I’m very particular… (but) I love a lot of Midwest, Middle America ...

Among this year's CMA Awards nominees, there are a few slightly outside-the-box contenders that may leave the casual listener and maybe even a genre aficionado wondering: "Wait, are they an outlier, ...

Stephen Wilson Jr.has exploded onto the country scene recently, and when I sat down with him, I asked which artist has given him the best career advice. He didn’t hesitate — it was Eric Church. Wilson ...

When Stephen Wilson Jr. performed a dark acoustic version of "Stand By Me" on the Country Music Association Awards in November, a large swath of the genre's fans finally heard him for the first time.

Stephen Wilson Jr. and Shaboozey performed a duet at the 59th annual CMA Awards. The duo sang "Took A Walk," a song written for the 2025 film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Long Walk." Wilson also ...

Stephen Wilson Jr. made his CMA Awards performance debut on Wednesday night, mesmerizing the crowd with his inventive rendering of “Stand by Me,” Ben E. King’s 1961 hymn that was later recorded by ...

I took a bit of a chance Nov. 15 in Louisville: I went to my first country music concert. Ever. Stephen Wilson Jr., a native of Seymour, Indiana, was headlining a show at the Louisville Palace, a ...

A former microbiologist and Golden Gloves boxer, Wilson is also one of the more distinctive new sounds in country. He's broken through not with huge record sales but via viral clips on social media.

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