Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026 Time: 7 p.m. ET (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; guests are asked to be seated by 6:55 p.m.) Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum Tickets: $48.69 (includes all fees) BUY TICKETS Join us for a Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time, with musical guests Joshua Ray Walker and Chancellor Lawson in the intimate performance theater at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Hosted by Kris Truelsen and Country Casserole, Farm and Fun Time is a re-imagining of the classic WCYB Radio program of the same name that aired in the 1940s and 1950s. Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time broadcasts live before a studio audience and recorded for television syndication on more than 143 PBS stations across the United States. It can be accessed on 100.1 FM in the Bristol area, or online at ListenRadioBristol.org and on Radio Bristol’s free mobile app. Viewers may also tune in to watch through Radio Bristol’s Facebook page. Special thanks to Blue Ridge PBS, and our underwriters including the City of Bristol, Tennessee; The Bristol Hotel; Eastman Credit Union; Permatile Concrete Products Company; and News 5 WCYB. Closed captioning made possible by Nicewonder Farm & Vineyards. About Joshua Ray Walker Joshua Ray Walker is one of Americana’s most arresting new voices. A Texas singer-songwriter whose powerhouse vocals, razor-sharp writing, and magnetic stage presence have earned praise from Rolling Stone, NPR, Billboard, and fans around the world. Known for his humor, heartbreak, and once-in-a-generation vocal range, Walker’s solo “Stories & Songs” shows pull back the curtain on the characters, places, and moments behind his prolific and acclaimed discography. On stage, he’s warm, hilarious, and disarmingly honest—moving from roaring laughter to pin-drop-quiet confession in a matter of seconds. These intimate solo performances reveal Walker at his very best: raw, vulnerable, and unforgettable. In October of 2025, the Dallas-based singer/songwriter Joshua Ray Walker released his new album Stuff via East Dallas Records / Thirty Tigers and marks Walker’s most ambitious concept album to date as he inhabits the inner lives of inanimate objects, writing each song from the perspective of an item at an estate sale. Arriving just months after the surprise release of his acclaimed beach-country album Tropicana, Stuff is a major stylistic shift for Walker as he explores stripped-down, experimental indie-folk and Americana, drawing inspiration from the indie music he listened to as a teenager like Bon Iver, Beirut, and The Postal Service. Listen to “Stuff” The album opener “Stuff” sets the scene and the stakes for the album: “Why wait until it’s gone / To find out what matters / Sold out on the lawn worn well but not tattered / We’re what gets left behind / Under dust is where you’ll find me / Out of sight but you must mind / Like someone else’s trophies.” About the song, Walker explains: “This song is a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and an...
