In speaking with Uncle Kracker, the rock-pop-with-a-dash-of-country star, one gets the sense that he’s really, really happy. “I am,” said Matthew Shafer, aka Uncle Kracker, by phone en route to a ...

Uncle Kracker plays a wide-genre of music from pop to country - with his Top 10 country hit “Smile” to his pop hit “Drift Away” to his rock Top 5 hit “Follow Me.” Uncle Kracker also co-wrote “All ...

The Motor City's latest, and admittedly unlikely, homegrown redneck mutha is Uncle Kracker. Detroit's Uncle Kracker - along with best bud Kid Rock and Jack White - are unequivocal evidence that the ...

There’s nothing complicated, convex, complex, or convoluted about the music of Uncle Kracker, aka 41-year-old Mount Celemens-born musician Matt Shafer. If you want binging and bonging synthesizers, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Joe had the chance to catch up with Uncle Kracker ahead of his appearance at Rock the Country this weekend! Click on the video above to watch. Uncle Kracker cuts right to the ...

WHAT TO EXPECT: Uncle Kracker’s career began spinning records on turntables for Kid Rock. After appearing as a vocalist on Rock’s album “Early Mornin’ Stoned Pimp,” Kracker released the hip hop and ...

HINCKLEY -- Country artist Hank Williams Jr. and Uncle Kracker, a recent favorite in the country/rap/hip hop scene, will perform 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater. Tickets are ...

Uncle Kracker was a recent guest on Taste of Country Nights On Demand, where he and host Evan Paul had a lengthy, very open and honest conversation about music and life, among other topics. The ...

Hip-hop was birthed in the summer of 1973, the same summer that, on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Buffett was being celebrated for getting drunk and making love. Fifty summers later, while The ...

Though Uncle Kracker left Kid Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker band a decade ago, the two remain close friends and collaborators. But time commitments to their respective careers has made the latter more ...

Uncle Kracker lets his two young sons shine during an adorable remake of "Frosty the Snowman." Listen to this reimagined classic first during this Taste of Country exclusive. The singer — real name ...