NASHVILLE, TENN. – A reverent purveyor of Southern music, Alabama-born crooner Kashus Culpepper releases the fifth installment of his catalog, “Jenni,” available now.
Ushered in on a harmonic riff, the song written by Culpepper alongside Jordan Dozzi and Jacob Durrett, and produced by Brian Elmquist (The Lone Bellow), began in front of a stadium-sized crowd. Invited on stage by Zach Bryan during his set last summer at Buckeye Country Superfest to sing on “Revival,” Culpepper caught a glimpse of a woman in the audience, inspiration was born and soon “Jenni” followed.
“Inspiration comes at the craziest times,” shares Culpepper.
Listen to “Jenni” here.
Honing in on what PEOPLE calls “his hauntingly beautiful country-Americana-inspired sound,” Culpepper journeyed with his band and Elmquist to Muscle Shoals, Ala. where they recorded his quintet of singles released over the past eight months. Preceding “Jenni,” songs like “Pour Me Out” have earned recognition from the likes of GRAMMY-Award winning artist / tastemaker John Mayer who declared the track “as good as it gets.” While MusicRow urges, “Listen to his gripping delivery, and believe in this man,” regarding first-ever release “After Me?”
Culpepper recently made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry just six months into his career as a recording artist. Hitting the ground running this year, he will take his inextricable influences of country, soul, blues and folk back on the road opening for Leon Bridges, Ian Munsick, and making first-ever appearances at Stagecoach, C2C in London, Tortuga Music Festival, and more.
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: After Me?,” “Who Hurt You,” “Out Of My Mind,” “Pour Me Out” and latest “Jenni.” Named a 2025 Amazon Music Bonfire Artist to Watch and Pandora Country Artist to Watch, Billboard hails Culpepper as an artist “finding enduring success with sounds expanding beyond the boundaries of mainstream country.”
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