Charles Wesley Godwin

Charles Wesley Godwin is a country and Americana singer-songwriter from Morgantown, West Virginia. His songs are rooted in the people, places and way of life of his home state.

His debut album, Seneca (2019), was about place and upbringing in West Virginia. How the Mighty Fall (2021) dealt with mortality and the everyday problems that can knock a life off course. Family Ties (2023), a 17-song album, looked at the complicated, loving ties of family. He followed it with the Lonely Mountain Town EP in 2025 and the live album Live from the Steel City, released September 26, 2025.

Christian Name, his fourth full-length studio album, came out July 24, 2026 on Big Loud Records. The 13-song album is about grief, hope, healing and peace, and about a faith that loss made stronger. "The point of this project was to point to God," Godwin says. The title comes from his late grandfather, Charles Godwin, a Methodist preacher. The album features Luke Combs on "Better That Way" and Wyatt Flores on "Hey There Son." Godwin wrote songs for it with Stephen Wilson Jr., Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, Travis Meadows, Scooter Carusoe and Tom Douglas. Longtime collaborator and guitarist Al Torrence produced and mixed the album.

Official site, music and tour dates: https://www.charleswgodwin.com/