Canadian singer-songwriter Colter Wall quit college to record his debut EP, 2015’s Imaginary Appalachia. ∙ Wall got an unexpected career boost when former UFC wrestling champion Brock Lesnar called him out as one of his favorite singers. ∙ In his 2016 debut at Nashville’s legendary Ryman Auditorium, he opened for his idol Lucinda Williams. ∙ His music has been featured in—and praised by the cast of—the hit reality TV series Dog the Bounty Hunter. ∙ In addition to appearing in the Academy Award-nominated Hell or High Water, his song “Sleeping on the Blacktop” kicked off the trailer for the Oscar-winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri. ∙ In 2017, Steve Earle said Wall was the best singer-songwriter he’d heard in years: “He’s incredible. His songs are stunning.”