Artist of the Month

Tyler Stenson Singer/ Songwriter

Tyler Stenson has been voted “Performing Songwriter of the Year” twice by the Portland Songwriters Association and “Best Male Artist” by Portland Music Awards, and listening to his “Elegant Folk” soulful Americana sound it’s easy to see why. His lyrically driven music is emotional and powerful. “Don’t whisper softly the things that you want loudly to be.” -Stenson’s musical motto- rings true. Stenson has an amazing ability to paint a verbal picture with words and music that are capturing, engaging and enthralling. Two parts poetry and one part acoustic guitar, his music is like lying on the grass in the park soaking in the sun on a summer day sipping a cold beer.

Stenson has performed with Adam Duritz, his mentor, of Counting Crows, and is now crowdfunding to record a tribute show. “As a
songwriter,” Stenson explains “Counting Crows are my absolute biggest musical influence, so I’ve decided to put my original music on hold for an evening and pay tribute to the band that lit my love for lyric.” True to his word, Stenson performed a soft cover of one of Counting Crows’ Angels of the Silences at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, delivered of course in his trademark “Elegant Folk style”.

“The last time I witnessed someone with your kind of presence and voice- that leaped beyond the speakers and pulled me in, was when I worked with Garth Brooks. You have it man.” Those are the words of legendary producer Don Was to singer-songwriter Tyler
Stenson after his performance at the finals of the Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter competition in early 2014.

Stenson was a Top Ten finalist selected out of over 10,000 artists in that competition. In 2014, several of Stenson’s songs were added to the SiruisXM’s Coffeehouse playlist and he has been an in-demand guest for numerous radio and blog interviews, including features on the syndicated Static Beach radio, the Portland Radio project, EGH Radio, Our City Radio and more. Stenson has opened for LeAnn Rimes, Chris Isaak, John Popper, Matisyahu, Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), Mark Cohn, Fuel and Guster and, out of nearly 4,000 national bands, Stenson was hand-selected by Adam Duritz (lead singer of Counting Crows) and Ryan Spaulding to perform at The Outlaw Roadshow showcase at the 2013 SxSW music festival.

I hope you enjoy the simple, heartfelt and honest songwriting and performing artist, Tyler Stenson. – SansSensibility

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Links to Tyler Stenson

Indiegogo Counting Crows Tribute Show Funding: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/recording-counting-crows-tribute-show#/

itunes: http://www.tylerstenson.com/blog/tag/itunes/

Upcoming Shows: http://www.tylerstenson.com/shows/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylerstenson/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tylerstensonmusic/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylerstenson/

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaM9UokgJ9UjqM-tQBqrs3Q