Alabama-born country crooner Kashus Culpepperencompasses 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, Kashplayed 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 now, Culpepperhas already sold-out headline club shows and opened sound pioneers like Charles Wesley Godwin, Charley Crockett, and Leon Bridges. With Nashville taking notice, Culpepper found a musical home at Big Loud Records, and has released songs including: “Broken Wing Bird (feat. Sierra Ferrell), “Southern Man (feat. Marcus King),” “Man Of His Word,” “Jenni,” and “After Me?” Kashus has received significant early acclaim including being named one of GRAMMY.com’s 25 Artists to Watch in 2025, Apple Music Zane Lowe’s 25 Artists for ’25, and a 2025 Amazon Music Bonfire Artist to Watch, with John Mayer praising him as "as good as it gets."