DARIUS RUCKER is riding high with the release of his sophomore country album, Charleston, SC 1966, on Capitol Records Nashville. His album Learn To Live produced three consecutive No. 1 singles and a Top 5 smash, “History In The Making.” Rucker’s success in the country music format was recently recognized at the 43rd Annual CMA Awards when he received the Top New Artist title and again with ACM, Teen Choice, and AMA Award nominations. Charleston, SC 1966 - a title which pays tribute to one of Rucker's biggest influences, Radney Foster - includes the multiple-week #1 hit single, "Come Back Song," and his current Top 10 single, "This." For more information, please visit www.dariusrucker.com.
UNCLE KRACKER has had impressive success as a songwriter, racking up co-writing credits on Kid Rock's hits "Bawitdaba," "Cowboy," "Forever," "Only God Knows Why," and 2008's No. 1 "All Summer Long," as well as his own Adult Top 40 No. 1 "Follow Me" (from his 2001 double-platinum debut Double Wide). In 2004, Uncle Kracker released Seventy Two and Sunny, which showcased his melodic songwriting and unique stylistic synthesis of pop, rock, country, soul, blues, and even doo-wop. His newest album, Happy Hour, is a breezy blend of country-flavored pop and rock and roll that showcases not only the Detroit native's natural appeal as a likeable Everyman, but also his considerable gifts as a songwriter. For more information, please visit www.unclekracker.com.
CRYSTAL BOWERSOX is a singer-songwriter from Elliston, Ohio, and the runner-up on the ninth season of American Idol. Her debut album, Farmer's Daughter, is out now on Jive Records/19 Entertainment. It chronicles her personal experience of dealing with a dark childhood, to finding love and happiness as a young woman, and everything in between. Crystal's emotive folk-rock-country style, old soul of a voice, her care-free style and "don't mess with me" attitude set her apart from other artists today. Farmer's Daughter is a piece of the person that she chooses to share with her listeners, and as the pages of Crystal's life unfold, so will her honest and true songs. For more information, please visit www.crystalbowersox.com.
THE DIRT DRIFTERS met in Nashville, five musicians from four states with backgrounds from across the spectrum and a hunger to make music that matters. After several years together, road-tested, club-polished, they signed to Warner Bros. Records, which is turning them loose on a full-scale national audience with a soon-to-be-released CD called This Is My Blood. Theirs is music that wears the dust and grit of life's highway, and it's about to be catapulted from the roadhouses to the nation's airwaves, to be cranked in old pick-ups and vintage Cadillacs alike. It is music meant to be experienced by all the senses. Strap yourself in. For more information, please visit www.thedirtdrifters.com.
