How a 21-Year-Old Country Singer Is Making It in Music—Without TikTok

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How a 21-Year-Old Country Singer Is Making It in Music—Without TikTok

From under the brim of a black gunslinger’s hat, Calder Allen stood onstage at the Capri in Marfa and surveyed his audience. The crowd was what you’d expect for a Thursday night: hip-adjacent young residents in Open Road Stetsons; local artists who looked like they’d just ridden in with a Lonesome Dove–era trail drive; women who could be either yoga teachers or blacksmiths (in this Trans-Pecos village, it can be hard to tell); neighbors catching…