‘Traveller’: Chris Stapleton’s Grown-Up Country Music For The 21st Century

10 Years Ago: Chris Stapleton Revolutionizes Country with Landmark...

There are just a few landmark records that you can point back to in the history of country music and legitimately claim they revolutionized the genre in fundamental ways.

‘Traveller’: Chris Stapleton’s Grown-Up Country Music For The 21st Century

There is an authenticity to Chris Stapleton’s Traveller that helps make it one of the great debut solo albums in modern country music. Stapleton put his heart and soul into the record, which was released on May 5, 2015. He wrote 12 of its 14 songs; plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion; is the lead vocalist; and even sings harmony with himself on the album. “It could not be more me,” he said. Listen to Chris Stapleton’s Tr…