Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Every so often we have the chance to introduce you to an artist who’s still at the beginning of the journey. Those are some of my favorite evenings, because years later you can say, “I remember hearing them before everyone else did.” I think you’ll feel that way about Garrett Dearing.
Garrett has turned a lifetime of Kentucky memories, a mix of colorful characters, sad times and hopeful times, into songs that are we like a lot not because they’re flashy or trying to be clever, but because they are honest and accessible to all. Raised in Barren County, Garrett began singing in church before discovering that songwriting could help him make sense of the life he’s lived.
Every so often we have the chance to introduce you to an artist who’s still at the beginning of the journey. Those are some of my favorite evenings, because years later you can say, “I remember hearing them before everyone else did.” I think you’ll feel that way about Garrett Dearing.
Garrett has turned a lifetime of Kentucky memories, a mix of colorful characters, sad times and hopeful times, into songs that are we like a lot not because they’re flashy or trying to be clever, but because they are honest and accessible to all. Raised in Barren County, Garrett began singing in church before discovering that songwriting could help him make sense of the life he’s lived.
