06/02/2026
Closing off the last afternoon of Pickin 2026, is a Canadian native, but now resides in the Country Music hub of Nashville, Tennessee. Taking over the stage from Marie, is "Sean Carson", a singer, songwriter and artist developer. From his humble beginnings in a small town in southern Ontario, he found his love of music. This love drove his ambitions to strive for a career in music, with his own style of authentic brand of real country music.
His father taught him to play the guitar and he never took a vocal lesson but rather his vocals are natural. He started his career, like many others in the music industry, playing with his family's band. Not only does he play the guitar, but also plays the harmonica, drums and bass.
In his career, he has played and travelled and toured with many country music legends. The first one to pop out at me was, Tanya Tucker, (she has been my country music idol since we both were13 years in1972). Some of the other legends were, Neil McCoy, Clay Walker and Johnny Lee. Performing with these talents and being able to showcase is own talents, he has played on the Grand Ole Opry, The Jay Leno Show & toured with the USO, that took him 1/2 way around the world.
This year, he was nominated for the 12th Annual Josie Awards for Independent Artists, for" Male Vocalist of the Year", held in September, at the Grand Ole Opry. He won International Band of the Year twice, with #20 & #5 Indie Chart Songs. He was also nominated for Tennessee Songwriter Award.
Pickin's good friend and host of Bluewater Radio 91.3 FM, Roz Rocking Country Show, Kevin Raszmann featured Sean with a live interview and featured his single, "Gentle Giant, from his Second Time Around album. He penned this song about his mom, who he had a special connection to. I think many of us could find parts of this song we could relate to.
This past year, he has been extremely busy travelling and touring and preforming at various venues in Tennessee, Georgia and beyond. Just to list a few: The Milepost 42 in Dickinson, Tennessee, Grinder's Switch Radio Hour in Centerville, Tennessee, Catecay Vineyards in Ellijay, Georgia & Music City Bar, in Nashville, and so many more I couldn't possibly list them all. He also plays and records his own music under the Label of "Carson's Corner Music Group at Music City Tracks. Some of his albums and songs are: Gentle Giant, Second Time Around, My Life, My Kinda Kool, She's Out of My Hands, No Fault No Blame & A Father's Love.
Sean can be found on You Tube, Facebook's Sean Carson-Country Music, seancarson.net, TikTok, Spotify, Apple Music (yep on my playlist), seancarsoncountrymusic.com and Instagram.
Sean is planning to bring some t-shirts to sell, so pop over to the Merchandise Sales Pop Up and get a shirt or 2 and to say hi!
Sean will be joining us on Saturday July 4th at 4 pm after he arrives from The Hollyrood Country Jamboree in Corbyville where he performs on the Friday. His music and style will bring you back to a simpler times in traditional country music. Sean loves to interact with the crowd, so make sure to make some noise to let him know you are listening, as his favorites part of entertaining is making the people have a good time.
