NASHVILLE, TENN. – Charles Wesley Godwin will make his headline debut at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. on December 8. The Ryman show should put an exclamation point on a year that has already been filled with milestones for the rising West Virginian singer and songwriter. Godwin will release his new album Family Ties on September 22 via Big Loud Records. Godwin will be out on the road this month opening for friend and musical compadre Zach Bryan’s sold-out arena tour, and just this week, Godwin surpassed 100 million career streams. Godwin’s own fall headline tour starts in September, and many of the shows are already sold out.
Family Ties, Godwin’s third album and first with Big Loud, is a portrait of home, of relationships, of lessons learned and lived. Perhaps most exciting, the 19-track release showcases a tunesmith at the peak of his powers — melding melody with memories, workmanship with wisdom. Godwin demo’ed the songs that would become Family Ties on a Tascam 4-track (thanks to his love for Bruce Springsteen’s seminal Nebraska) and then recorded them at one of his dream studios, Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina, before he signed a record deal. He recorded the album with his long-time band, the Allegheny High, and long-time producer, Allegheny High guitarist Al Torrence.
The album, announced last week, was met with a large wave of press praise, streaming support and social media excitement from his loyal and fast-growing fan base. Family Ties was announced last Friday, along with four songs from the album, and the pre-orders/pre-saves alone shot the album into the top 10 of the Apple Music Country albums chart within 24 hours. Godwin was featured on the cover of Spotify’s “Indigo” and Amazon Music’s “Brushland” playlists, and had new songs included in Spotify’s “New Music Friday” and “homegrown” playlists, and Apple Music’s “New Music Daily” and “Country Risers” playlists, among many others. The Family Ties announcement was met with a wide swath of press coverage – from Billboard to BrooklynVegan to CMT – and since the announcement, Godwin’s weekly streams have nearly doubled (from 1.8 million to 3 million weekly).
Charles Wesley Godwin 2023 Tour Dates Aug 11 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center* – SOLD OUT Aug 12 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center* – SOLD OUT Aug 14 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center* – SOLD OUT Aug 17 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center* – SOLD OUT Aug 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot Aug 19 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena* – SOLD OUT Aug 20 – Bakersfield, CA – Mechanics Bank Arena* – SOLD OUT Aug 23 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater Aug 24 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy + Harriet’s Aug 25 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena* – SOLD OUT Aug 27 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena* – SOLD OUT Sept 6 – Grand Junction, CO – Mesa Theater Sept 7 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen Sept 8 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre – SOLD OUT Sept 9 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre – SOLD OUT Sept 14 – Columbia, MO – Rose Park Sept 15 – Dubuque, IA – Backwaters Stage at Q Casino^ Sept 16 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman Sept 21 – Lewisburg, VA – Healing Appalachia Sept 22 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVA Sept 23 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Ramkat – SOLD OUT Oct 12 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom Oct 13 – Ashland, KY – Paramount Arts Center Oct 19 – Baton Rouge, LA – Texas Club Oct 20 – Fort Worth, TX – HWY 30 TX Music Festival Oct 21 – New Braunfels, TX – Gruene Hall – SOLD OUT Oct 22 – New Braunfels, TX – Gruene Hall – SOLD OUT Nov 8 – Columbia, SC – The Senate Nov 9 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre – SOLD OUT Nov 10 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel – SOLD OUT Nov 11 – Greenville, NC – The State Theatre Dec 8 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium