THREE SONG PERFORMANCE: “AFTER ME?,” “SOUTHERN MAN” + “MAN OF HIS WORD”
NASHVILLE, TENN. – On Saturday (6/14), acclaimed Southern crooner Kashus Culpepper made his national television debut on CBS Saturday Morning outfitted alongside his tightknit five-piece band. Celebrated for his “hauntingly beautiful country-Americana-inspired sound” (People), Culpepper performed three songs for Saturday Sessions, first-ever release “After Me?,” recent Marcus King collab “Southern Man” and fan-favorite “Man of His Word.”
The debut follows the drop of his lauded collaboration “Broken Wing Bird (feat. Sierra Ferrell),” released on Friday (6/13). The new song has been called a “Song You Need To Know” by Rolling Stone, while GRAMMY.com praises, “the two stars’ voices harmonize gorgeously.” MusicRow adds “This acoustic waltz strums along on the simple strengths of gut-string guitar and their two compelling voices;” Holler calls the new track “a masterwork” and “intoxicating collaboration… poised to launch him high into the ranks of country music’s most thrilling artists to watch.”
In just under a year as a recording artist, Culpepper 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.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR KASHUS CULPEPPER:
“Culpepper offers up his organic sound with a brand of hard-earned, raw realness that can’t be feigned.”
– Billboard
“Kashus Culpepper is turning heads in roots music – and the mainstream.” – Good Country
“…Culpepper has revived the melodic crooning of ’80s and ’90s country, buoyed by his blues influence…”
– GRAMMY.com
“…the brilliantly talented Kashus Culpepper…” – MusicRow
“I dare anybody with a pulse to listen to Culpepper’s vocal performance here without getting goosebumps…”
– No Depression
“…his hauntingly beautiful country-Americana-inspired sound, with a voice that harkens back to yesteryear and a perspective road-worn from gospel singing in his youth, military service as an adult and true-grit living throughout.” – PEOPLE
“…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
“Culpepper’s style is measured and soulful, like the best blend of fury and sound.” – The Tennessean
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, The Guardian declares: “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’…”
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Media Contacts
Corey Brewer + Rachel Heatherly | Big Loud
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