Nolan Taylor w/ Max Alan

Nolan Taylor

Friday, November 21st 2025

Charleston Pour House

Main Stage

7:30pm doors/8:30pm show

$20 Advance/$25 Day of Show

Nolan Taylor

The backroads of America tell its truest stories. The heartbreak and heartbeat of the country thumps the loudest in the cracks between its big cities. A 2021 census in Blanchester, OH registers the village's population at around 4,230 people.

Nolan Taylor isn't quite sure of the exact number, but he knows it's small from growing up in this place with his dad and older brother. His father managed plants and factories, yet money was scarce and the winters were brutal. Mom battled addiction and mental struggles, eventually estranging her from the boys. When he could finally afford a left-handed guitar, he started to write and record music of his own, grafting hard- earned wisdom, heart-wrenching memories, and hypnotic melodies to rustic and ruddy acoustic phrasing.

As a kid, he found solace in music. He discovered The Grateful Dead through his dad and developed an appreciation for Pinegrove. Throughout junior high, he studied classic MTV Unplugged concerts by the likes of Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana. Even though he primarily focused on wrestling, working out, football, and basketball, he finally picked up a left-handed guitar in high school. After graduating, he spent years gigging around West Virginia, Virginia, and Kentucky, playing anywhere and everywhere. In 2023, a video of Nolan performing “68” in the woods went viral with 2.6 million YouTube views on the Radio WV YouTube Channel. Achieving virality from obscurity and gathering millions of streams, he tells a true story all his own via a series of 2023 singles for Atlantic Records, beginning with "Wicked Ways."

Max Alan

Max Alan is a singer-songwriter from a historic, coal-mining region at the base of the Appalachians in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Inspired by the greats of folk and country, his sound resembles a northeastern style of raw, heartfelt, guitar-heavy Americana and alt-country music.

Alan began his musical journey writing poems in high school to win scholarships to fund his pursuit of a college education. In 2024, Alan self-released his debut album Appalachian Lullaby that he recorded with the help of his cousin in his childhood bedroom. Appalachian Lullaby quickly became an organic online success garnering attention for its powerful lyrics and visceral delivery.

In 2025, Alan released his latest "Sky Blue" via Evan Honer's label Cloverdale which received widespread pickup from country music's biggest outlets including Country Central, Country Chord, Whiskey Riff, and more.

* Show is 21+. Attendees under 21 must be accompanied by a parent & will be subject to a $5 surcharge. The surcharge must be paid in cash at the door on the day of the event.