04 FEBRUARY 2026 (TORONTO, ON) – Last night GRAMMY® Artist to Watch Kashus Culpepper made his late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing fan-favorite “Man Of His Word.” The appearance celebrates the release of his critically acclaimed debut album Act Ithat has earned rave reviews from NPR, Rolling Stone, Billboard, People, SPIN, Garden & Gun and more.

 

This week Culpepper will headline back-to-back sold-out shows at New York City's Mercury Lounge before heading to Australia with Wyatt Flores. He'll continue to headline and support Flores and Eric Church throughout the spring. For tickets or more information, please visit kashusculpepper.com. 

 

 

“His kaleidoscope of music residing at the central point of various genres has allowed him to traverse various musical communities.” – Billboard

 

“Culpepper recorded the album in Muscle Shoals, and the sonic pastiche of the legendary music town seeps into every corner of the record… It's an eclectic, engaging effort from one of Nashville's most exciting new voices.” – Garden & Gun

 

“You have this feeling it's this survey of Southern roots music that goes so big and is so unafraid to take detours knowing that listeners are going to follow him wherever he goes.” – NPR All Songs Considered

 

“The idea that Act I is Culpepper's debut album is challenging for me to get my head around, since he seems like one of those inevitable artists who has alwaysbeen here.” – Paste 

 

“Bursting at the seams with cool, soulful hooks, Act I, as the legendary 'Rocket Man' singer so notably put it, in part, to Culpepper, is like if an old school honky tonk crooner merged with Bill Withers...” – PEOPLE

 

“…one of the hotly-anticipated records of the year.” –Rolling Stone

 

“Act I introduces him as a supremely self-possessed artist with a casually soulful voice, an ability to find boundless emotional gradients in even the most straightforward lyric, and a willingness to collide all sorts of genres. He's the rare artist who can convincingly cover Bill Withers and the Marshall Tucker Band in the same set...” – SPIN 

 

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. With Nashville taking notice, Culpepper found a musical home at Big Loud Records. Culpepper has joined Leon Bridges, Sierra Ferrell and Darius Rucker on tour – embarking this year on a headlining run as well as dates with Wyatt Flores and Eric Church. Named one of the 2026 Shazam Fast Forward Class, WXPN's Artist to Watch for January 2026, 2026 Nashville Scene Artist to Watch, GRAMMY.com's 25 Artists to Watch in 2025, Apple Music Zane Lowe's 25 Artists for '25, 2025 Variety Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report, Opry NextStage Class of 2025, Billboard's February 2025 Country Rookie of the Month, 2025 Amazon Music Bonfire Artist to Watch, Apple Music's February 2025 Country Riser of the Month, 2025 Pandora Country Artist to Watch and Martin Artist Showcase Class of 2025, Rolling Stone declares: “If what we've heard so far is any indication, expect 2026 to be a breakthrough year for this Alabama singer.” Culpepper's debut album Act I is out now. 

 

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