RJ Chesney has deep roots in the American South, having grown up in Macon, Georgia and Biloxi Mississippi. His voice is deep and sonorous with a twang. Gospel, blues, country, and folk breathe in and inspire his songs. RJ evokes Hank Williams Sr. meets John Prine with a little Townes VanZandt & Leonard Cohen thrown in. RJ has toured America and Europe several times and has earned a very loyal following. Most recently he returned to Europe in January & February 2024 , playing shows in London, England.  Bergen & Voss Norway.  RJ toured the big Island of Hawaii in April 2024 and then Canada in August 2024 including stops in Toronto, Montreal and Moncton. RJ is deep into post production on his upcoming 4th album A SOUTHERN MAN to be released in September 2026. The first single Afraid Of The Ball is currently climbing the official Americana radio charts.

RJ’s second album, ANGELS FALLING, was released in 2015 to rave reviews, including this quote by Terry Roland in No Depression magazine - "If these songs were paintings, they would be Andrew Wyeth's starkly beautiful American landscape work. These songs are landscapes of the soul.”

In 2019 RJ released his third album, AMATEUR REVOLUTION, a collaboration with notable Norwegian Producer-Composer HP Gundersen and Los Angeles producer Jason Hiller. Amateur Revolution  features great musicians from both the Los Angeles, California  and Bergen, Norway music scenes. The album was  widely praised in the USA and throughout Europe:

Paul Kerr from AmericanaUK - ‘Amateur Revolution’ is not going to be the most polished album to grace the decks this month. It’s all the better for that as the loose-limbed feel here runs throughout the 12 songs gathered, the sort of feel that one associates with The Basement Tapes or Doug Sahm, just a bunch of musicians having some great fun performing some great songs.