Tyler Booth - Downtown EP (2025) Hi-Res

Tyler Booth doesn’t just write songs, he writes snapshots of small-town life, steeped in Kentucky soil and strummed straight from the heart. With his new EP Downtown, the viral country crooner turns the volume down just enough for us to really hear him. Not just his voice, but his roots. His rhythm. His reverence for the past and the people who shaped it.

The six-track collection, co-produced by Booth himself alongside John Johnson and Steve Blackmon, feels like a front porch conversation set to music. There’s a sincerity here that you can’t fake. From the pick of the guitar strings to the hum of the mandolin, Downtown is as much a sonic love letter to his Appalachian upbringing as it is a modern country release. And that’s exactly the point.

The project builds on his recent singles, including the twangy, tough-talking “Talkin’ White Trash,” and the soulful, sun-drenched “Sunshine,” which dropped in May. But Downtown feels less like a continuation and more like a homecoming. Two of its most stirring tracks are completely stripped-down, featuring just Booth and his guitar, a bold move in an era of overproduction. It works beautifully.

The minimalist approach lets Booth’s storytelling shine, placing his lyrical vulnerability front and center. You don’t just hear Downtown, you live in it for a while. Each note is a front porch swing, each lyric a drive down a gravel road you thought you forgot.

There’s a deep sense of place in every track, a clarity that only comes from knowing exactly who you are and where you come from. Booth knows both. And with Downtown, he offers listeners a quiet, confident reminder that the future of country music still lives in the past, it just has a new voice to carry it forward.