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Cory Chisel

Cory Chisel is an American singer-songwriter who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, the son of a Baptist minister, and has led the Wandering Sons since 2004. He co-wrote “The Traveling Kind” with Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, nominated for a Grammy in 2016, and made Western Movies (2018) in the trio Traveller with Jonny Fritz and Robert Ellis. In 2026 he released a new single, “Take the Light”.

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Cory Chisel in a black hat and a short-sleeved black shirt, singing into a microphone with an acoustic guitar
Photo: DaphneSilver, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Band: vocals, acoustic guitar; wrote the songs
Review Americana, Folk rock
Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons Old Believers

Without a label, Cory Chisel moved to Nashville and made his next album on tape with Brendan Benson: twelve songs, under 40 minutes, two voices at its centre.

Elmo Phelge · 4 Nov 2026