The Hub Catches Up With Darius Rucker On New Album, Tour, the Tragedy In His Hometown Of Charleston SC, More
The Hub Catches Up With Darius Rucker On New Album, Tour, the Tragedy In His Hometown Of Charleston SC, More
by Michael P Coleman
The comparisons between country superstar Darius Rucker and country legend Charlie Pride are as plain as the African American noses on all three of our faces. As I prepared to chat with Rucker about his exceptional new album, Southern Style and his upcoming concert in Mountain View, California, I thought I’d get that question out of the way first.
“ Any time I get mentioned with Charlie Pride, it’s awesome,” the affable singer-songwriter said of being compared to Pride. “That’s an association that I’m sure will be made for the rest of my career, and I’m honored by that. But the funny thing is in making this record, I really didn’t think about it. I wasn’t thinking about having success in the [country music] genre. For this album, I sang songs that I like, and I hope other people will like them.”
We do. Southern Style isn’t just the best album of Rucker’s career. It’s one of the best country albums I’ve heard in years.
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