Tyler Childers and Willi Carlisle Bonded Over Eastern Religion. Then They Hit the Studio

Rolling Stone | 15.07.2026 21:21
Back in early 2025, when Willi Carlisle was on tour with Tyler Childers in Australia, the two artists fostered what would become a creative partnership. Fueled by talks about the musicians they loved and some Wallace Stephens poetry, Carlisle was inspired to write The Mason Jar at the Center of the World, the first single from his forthcoming double album, The Universal Bubba — which features Childers in the producer’s chair.