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OUT NOW: OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR CULPEPPER’S “SOUTHERN MAN (FEAT. MARCUS KING)”
“IT’S OBVIOUS WHY HIS CAREER HAS BEEN FAST-TRACKED. THE HANDFUL OF SONGS HE’S RELEASED SO FAR TAKE A SMART, OFTEN WITTY ROUTE… PERFORMED IN A STYLE HE CLASSIFIES AS ‘SOUTHERN SOUNDS’…” – THE GUARDIAN
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Alabama born crooner and GRAMMY® Artist to Watch Kashus Culpepper today releases “Man of His Word” – extending his run of acclaimed songs pairing “his gravelly voice with his compelling songwriting” (Billboard). The new track is striking a chord with over 1.5 million pre-listens ahead of release.
“My new song ‘Man of His Word’ is about the one thing we all need, which is having someone we can trust,” shares Culpepper. “We can all relate to that.”
As buzz around his artistry and songwriting continues to grow, he penned the new song with one of the most accomplished and sought after songwriters in music, Natalie Hemby. Marked by his signature “inimitable way, voice full of sandpaper and gravel” (No Depression), “Man of His Word” builds around the song’s muse:
Promises easily made are easily broken
And love is more than words that are spoken…
She don’t need a man that keeps talking
She needs a man, well she needs a man of his word
Listen to “Man of His Word” here.
Earlier this week, Culpepper released an official music video for “Southern Man (feat. Marcus King).” The rollicking song’s video stars Culpepper alongside his close knit bandmates. The vibrant visual, full of contagious personality, was directed by Jay Miller. Watch here.
Following his recent debut at Stagecoach, Culpepper will continue to take his southern sounds on the road where “his style is awakening ears and gathering intrigue” (The Tennessean). He joins Leon Bridges and Dylan Gossett throughout the spring, and Whiskey Myers in the summer, alongside headline shows and festival dates throughout.
Culpepper’s recording career started nearly a year ago, since he has been recognized as a GRAMMY.com 2025 Artist to Watch, Apple Music Zane Lowe’s 25 Artists for ’25, 2025 Amazon Music Bonfire Artist to Watch, 2025 Pandora Country Artist to Watch, Opry NextStage Class of 2025, Billboard‘s February 2025 Country Rookie of the Month, Apple Music’s February 2025 Country Riser of the Month and Martin Artist Showcase Class of 2025.
ABOUT KASHUS CULPEPPER
Alabama-born country crooner Kashus Culpepper encompasses the sound of the South. A student and reverent purveyor of Southern music – country, soul, blues, folk, and rock – Culpepper’s husky, sandpaper growl bellows like a freight train over self-penned stories that are as raw and real as they are haunting. Finding his voice in church as young as five years old, it wasn’t until 2020’s global pandemic that Culpepper went from listener to performer, picking up a guitar and learning cover songs to play at barrack bonfires in Rota, Spain during his deployment with the Navy. Covers soon became originals, and once he landed home on U.S. shores, Kash played dive bars up and down the Mississippi Gulf Coast, making a name for himself with the fresh-yet-reminiscent sound that oozes from his very being. Crashing into prominence, Culpepper sold out headline club shows throughout the South before formally releasing a single song, and opened shows nationwide for sound pioneers like Charles Wesley Godwin, Charley Crockett, and NEEDTOBREATHE. With Nashville taking notice, Culpepper found a musical home at Big Loud Records and has dropped a string of resonating singles. Culpepper joins Leon Bridges, Dylan Gossett and Whiskey Myers on tour this year; and makes first-ever appearances at Stagecoach, C2C in London, Tortuga Music Festival, and more. Named one of GRAMMY.com’s 25 Artists to Watch in 2025, Apple Music Zane Lowe’s 25 Artists for ’25, 2025 Amazon Music Bonfire Artist to Watch, 2025 Pandora Country Artist to Watch, Opry NextStage Class of 2025, Billboard‘s February 2025 Country Rookie of the Month, Apple Music’s February 2025 Country Riser of the Month, and Martin Artist Showcase Class of 2025, GRAMMY.com hails Culpepper as an artist who “has revived the melodic crooning of ’80s and ’90s country, buoyed by his blues influence.”
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