Ty Wilson

Ty Wilson is an alt-country troubadour who seamlessly blends traditional and modern elements, with a soulful voice and an authentic storytelling style to create powerful and resonant music. The Peterborough, Ontario native’s (northeast of Toronto) self-coined “Red Dirt North” style mixes a fusion of modern country with southern rock flavour and is influenced by the likes of Chris Stapleton, Steve Earle and Eric Church.

After racking up over 1,500,000 streams, landing both debut singles from Northern Heart, Southern Soul in SiriusXM’s Top of the Country Top 10 (Chasin’ Headlights, Born To Lose), and sharing the stage with artists like Muscadine Bloodline, Kameron Marlowe, Tim Hicks, Steven Lee Olsen, Bryan Martin (and many more), Ty has finally released Northern Heart, Southern Soul in it’s entirety, completing the release of the 8 song LP. “It’s always been a dream of mine to put out a full length LP” Wilson states, “and recording this album in Texas ensured that I was able to mix my Canadian roots with authentic southern country-rock sounds.”

To make Northern Heart, Southern Soul, Wilson enlisted the help of Nashville based producer/drummer, Jay Tooke (The Steel Woods, Randy Houser, Wyatt Flores), to consult and perform on the album, with Texas country heavyweights Edgewater Music Group producing and engineering the eight- song LP. “My music has been very well received south of the border. I have a love for southern influenced music, so when the opportunity to record with this team in Texas happened, I had to take it,” states Wilson.

Recently, Wilson was named 2nd place winner in the 2025 Music in Motion Canada Awards, runner up winner in the 2025 North of Nowhere music festivals “Emerging Artist Showcase,” a winner in both Nashville’s 2024 Unsigned Only competition (“The Last Sip”) and the Texas Country Music Association’s 2024 songwriting contest (“The Last Sip”), He was crowned “Male Vocalist of The Year” at the 2024 Texas Sounds CMA. He was named the 2024 Reader’s Choice “Diamond Winner” for “Best Local Band/Musician in his hometown of Peterborough, ON, and has had three #1 Canadian Indie Country Countdown singles, “The Last Sip” (2023) “Pair of Hearts” (2023) “Another Day, Another Pour” (2022).

He grew up in small-town Ontario (Keene) with deep musical roots in the Peterborough area. Wilson’s great grandmother (Vera Keating) holds a star on the Peterborough Walk ofFame for her accomplishments in fiddling. His grandmother (Jaqueline Coburn) had her own TV show on local cable and opened for legendary artists such as Johnny Cash and Marty Stuart. Keeping with this tradition, Wilson has always had an affinity for music. He picked up a guitar for the first time at the age of 10 and started to write songs at 12-years- old.