A singer of the country-folk genre, Lunsford adopted his grandfather's name "Oliver Anthony" as his stage name in homage to the Depression era in which he lived.
Anthony started writing music in 2021, and since 2022 has released music as Oliver Anthony Music.Winston Marshall compared Anthony's performance on his song "Doggonit" —a song which contrasts consumption of insect protein and self-driving cars with Anthony's rural abode— to that of a character from Hillbilly Elegy. His music has been influenced by Hank Williams.