- Source: Tyler Stenson
Tyler Stenson is a singer/songwriter of folk music from Portland, Oregon. He was born in Lander, Wyoming in 1981 and raised in Oregon. From 2000 to 2005, Stenson was the front man and chief singer/songwriter for the pop-rock group Rhetoric Tuesday based in Eugene, Oregon. From 2005 to 2007, he acted as front man for the Portland-based folk-rock band Lander. He has been a solo singer/songwriter since Lander dissolved in 2007.
Stenson was named "Performing Songwriter of the Year" in 2007 and 2008 by the Portland Songwriters Association and "Best Male Artist" at the 2011 Portland Music Awards.
Stenson has written and composed a total of 9 albums to date: Princess Willy LP (2000), The Low Ceiling EP (2002), Moose Lodge Sessions LP (2004), Orange Chrome Sky LP (2006), Lander Live at Mississippi Studios LP (2007), See That Gleam LP (2008), Bittersweet Parade LP (2010), Long Before the Wheel EP (2010) and Another Gleam LP (2011). His 2010 EP, Long Before the Wheel, was community-funded through a Kickstarter.
Although based in Portland, Stenson was a singer/songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee for two years. While in Tennessee, Stenson recorded two studio albums (Long Before the Wheel and Another Gleam) which were performed at many of the city's songwriting venues and toured the Southern region of the United States.
Stenson has opened for Chris Isaak, Alpha Rev, LeRoy Bell from the American television series X Factor, and Justin Hopkins from the NBC television series The Voice.
In early 2012, Chevrolet used two of Stenson's compositions within their national advertising campaigns; "The Road" was featured on a Chevy Silverado campaign and "We Grow" was featured on a Chevy Volt "Just the Facts" commercial.