Mitchell Tenpenny

Country singer and songwriter Mitchell Tenpenny made his name in Nashville with a sound heavily informed by modern pop and R&B. But when he hits the stage, his audience gets to glimpse another side of his sound. While the state-of-the-art production on Tenpenny's records includes a sophisticated tapestry of electronic textures, his stage setup is much simpler, based around the time-honored guitars-and-drums format. This approach makes Tenpenny's rock 'n' roll influences come to the fore. But whether he's performing his first hit single, 2017's "Drunk Me," or any of his other tunes, Tenpenny is always able and willing to deploy some serious soulful vocal turns too, like when he dips into his falsetto for an especially emotive moment. And it's even more impactful in a live setting.