Calendar Pick: Tyler Key & Strangers

Coming up in Bowdon among the farmland and his Southern family, Americana artist Tyler Key developed a keen ear for storytelling. Key’s creative spark found a home in Athens when he came here to study literature and became acquainted with the city’s creative types and eccentrics. Since then, he has released three records—most recently 2019’s Wild Azaleas and Other Tall Tales—and played pedal steel with T. Hardy Morris’ and Pony Bradshaw’s bands, as well as in The Howdies and Little Gold. Key is playing three shows in Georgia to celebrate the release of his next album, You Okay, out May 23. The songs on the record contain varied depictions of…