In this Story Behind the Song, NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison sits down with songwriters J.T. Harding and Uncle Kracker about their song "Smile." ...

NSAI Executive Director Bart Herbison sits down with two of the writers behind the song "Smile," Uncle Kracker and J.T.

Justin Credible looks back on his time in X-Factor and using an Uncle Kracker track as their theme song. “I did enjoy X-Factor a lot. Because I loved X-Pac and I loved the fact that we got to work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hip-hop was birthed in the summer of 1973, the same summer that, on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Buffett was being celebrated for ...

Uncle Kracker has returned to the spotlight. The multi-genre artist – born Matthew Shafer – is gearing up to release his new single “Sweet 16.” The forthcoming track is his first original music since ...

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 ...

After a few years of drifting away, Uncle Kracker is kicking back into gear. The Mount Clemens-born singer-songwriter (real name Matt Shafer) released a new song, “Sweet 16,” in June and has more ...

In 2004, Uncle Kracker collaborated with Kenny Chesney on the tropical country hit “When the Sun Goes Down.” Country star Kenny Chesney, left, is joined by rocker Uncle Kracker as they perform "When ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - Uncle Kracker closes a five-year gap between albums with the September 15 release of "Happy Hour," a project he described as "not a big departure from anything I've done before." ...

Uncle Kracker released a mostly rock-rap album in 2000, “Double Wide,” an effort to carve out a solo career after years as Kid Rock’s DJ. A single, “Yeah Yeah Yeah,” bombed. So his record label ...