For every diamond in the rough, there’s a paragon in the pines, and on the regional music scene, up-and-coming music artist Brad Wilson is emerging as just that. The 24-year-old Tuckerton native, whose family roots run deep in the town’s colonial history, is mixing up the old with the new in an avant garde approach to classic pop and alternative folk.

Wilson, who now lives in Smithville, spent most of his youth in Waretown. He attended Lighthouse Christian Academy and graduated from Southern Regional High School in 2014.