Rolling Stone & Dickel Whisky Present:
The Writers’ Room
Thursday, Sept 25, 2025 • 7:30pm
Skinny Dennis • Nashville, TN
Tyler Halverson
Tyler Halverson is taking his self-proclaimed “Country & Western Amerijuana” sound on the road with his “More Hearts Than Horses Tour.” The South Dakota native admits that he was “the weird kid with his skateboard at the cattle show that still put his boots on to go lead his steer around the ring.” It’s a description that somehow perfectly sums up his musical vibe: Traditional western influences mixed with modern references and nods to other genres. Of his track “Mac Miller,” Halverson told RS, “for anyone who thinks we’re diluting country music [with] hip hop references, I would say it’s cool to do something a little left of center.”
Kaitlin Butts
Red Dirt cowgirl Butts recently broke out with her viral hit “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me),” off her acclaimed 2024 album Roadrunner!. With celebrities including reality TV star Bethenny Frankel and country star Lainey Wilson lip-syncing to the song’s lyrics it instantly became a TikTok trending sound. It was a fitting way to kick off a massive second half of the year for Butts, a former theater kid who is currently opening for Lainey Wilson on her “Whirlwind” world tour. It’s all proof that, as Butts told RS this spring, “hard work pays off.”
Braxton Keith
Neotraditionalist Braxton Keith takes inspiration from the legacy acts on whom he was raised. “My music has an Eighties vibe with a new school twist,” he tells RS. “You gotta adapt or die.” It’s working. Keith’s latest ballad “Baby You Do” calls to mind some of country’s greatest love-gone-wrong songs, with Keith’s velvety voice wrapping around smart-yet-smoldering lyrics. It’s pure country gold for the modern age that cements Keith’s place in the Class of 25. “There’s never been a better time for country music than right now,” he says. “Country music is country again.”
Rolling Stone and Dickel Whisky are teaming up for another round of The Writers’ Room - a one-night-only event celebrating the craft, the stories, and the grit behind outlaw country.
Moderated by Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone senior music editor and host of the Nashville Now podcast, this installment will celebrate Dickel’s Class of 25 with performances from the fresh faces that are paving the way for the genre’s future: Kaitlin Butts, Tyler Halverson, and Braxton Keith.
Throughout the evening, each artist will share insights into their burgeoning careers in between performances of some of their most prolific songs.
Venue
Skinny Dennis
1521 N Gallatin Ave
Nashville, TN
Doors 7:30pm • 21+
Featured Cocktail
Dickel Bourbon Gold Rush
1.25 oz Dickel Bourbon
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz honey syrup
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin, add ice and shake for 10 seconds until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over ice and garnish with a lemon wheel.
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