Arkansas-based Dylan Earl plays a mix of classic old-time country and melancholic crooner ballads, with an added dose of late '70s country rock. Issuing his debut album, New Country to Be, in 2017, he followed it up with 2019's Squirrel in the Garden and 2023's I Saw the Arkansas. Originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana, Dylan Earl first started writing and playing his own brand of country while at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Alongside close friend Zac Hale, they started the alternative country-rock outfit Swampbird in 2010, initially playing local shows before branching out across the US and releasing two albums, 2013's On Being Alone and 2015's Something to See. Following the latter’s release, Earl opted to go solo and started playing and recording his own material. In 2017 he issued his debut album, New Country to Be, which saw him playing classic '70s- and ‘80s-sounding country, from mournful ballads to upbeat honky tonk numbers. Tours of the U.S. and U.K. started to follow before he issued his sophomore album, 2019's Squirrel in the Garden. In 2021 Earl teamed up with Dutch alt-country artist Judy Blank for the single "Never Said a Word" before focusing on recording his third album in 2022. In early 2023, after signing to Gar Hole Records, he issued I Saw the Arkansas, before heading out on tour in support of the record across the U.S., U.K., and Europe. ~ Rich Wilson, Rovi