“Suppose you’re a social media-aware country fan. In that case, you know that for the past three years, Evans has existed to a frequently commenting fanbase as a handsome, magnetically sensual and smooth crooner.”

This is what Nashville’s paper of record, The Tennessean, recently wrote about TONY EVANS JR.

The buzzed-about baritone is a 26-year-old Georgia native and introspective romantic with a ‘smooth country’ sound who’s enjoying a groundswell of support from press and peers.

CMT called him “one of country music’s most popular independent artists,” while Sounds Like Nashville praises the “up-and-coming singer with a classic country voice” and Wrangler observed he’s “making waves and gaining fans with his blend of the traditional country style and the energy of a young artist.” Most impressively, he’s been ‘discovered’ online by a who’s who of musicians -from R&B queen Keyshia Cole to Toby Keith, Mickey Guyton, and Luke Combs.

While boosted by their support, three million likes, and half a million TikTok followers, Tony is more than just a content-maker. He’s also building his country cred the old school way, playing intimate rooms

– Georgia’s famed Eddie’s Attic, Eddie Owen Presents: Red Clay Music Foundry, Nashville’s The Listening Room, and a debut at legendary Bluebird Cafe – with resonating authenticity.

“I want everything I do to feel intimate,” the 24-year-old Georgia native says. “If I don’t feel it, there’s no way I can make you feel it.”

For Evans, music runs in the family and his pursuit of music began early. By 10, Tony was proving that he was serious about music and signed with a small Atlanta label at age 12. Around that time, he discovered the music of John Mayer and Brad Paisley- two musicians acclaimed for their guitar prowess.

“Room For Squares made me fall in love with songwriting so much that I started writing my own,” Evans recalls. ‘And Brad Paisley’s This Is Country Music album was a favorite when I was a kid. I know every song in order. That’s the album that made me think, ‘I’ve got to sing country music.”

Five years later, Evans moved to Nashville, dreaming of a career in country music, at a time when few faces in the format looked like his. But he persisted and now, Now, Tony Evans Jr. is creating his own brand of country music in the lineage of Glenn Campbell, Paisley, and Mayer – it’s country with contemporary ideas and classic styling.

“These songs are ME,” he says. “They’re things I experienced, like the nuances of loving relationships as well as complicated situations. People cheat, people lie. People can be bad to each other, and I’ve written songs about that. But I really love love songs because love is real but it’s complicated.”

“Now I’m writing the music that I’ve always wanted to write,” he says,”but the way I do it is different, and I hope listeners feel my intent through the songs. I think a lot of my story is going to be told with what happens next and I’m truly grateful for all the support I’ve received from every direction.”