In 2009, Uncle Kracker's song "Smile" landed on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was his first time on the chart as his solo artist, but his second time overall: Back in 2004, Uncle Kracker's ...

Funny how these simple words Uncle Kracker said to me one afternoon turned into my biggest hit song so far. After a weekend of sipping Crown Royal and orange Faygo in his Northern Michigan cottage, we ...

On the heels of the success he achieved with his Top 10 country single, 'Smile,' Uncle Kracker is back in Nashville to begin work on his fifth studio album, the follow-up to 2009's 'Happy Hour.' ...

Like so many others, Uncle Kracker has been spending a lot of time sitting at home while the Covid-19 pandemic works its way around the globe. But on Tuesday, Oct. 20, he made some music again — while ...

It has been five years in the making, but Mount Clemens' son Uncle Kracker is about to deliver his fourth album "Happy Hour." "Smile," the first single off the album is streaming on his official Web ...

Uncle Kracker plays a wide-genre of music from pop to country - with his Top 10 country hit “Smile” to his pop hit “Drift Away” to his rock Top 5 hit “Follow Me.” Uncle Kracker also co-wrote “All ...

Uncle Kracker’s Smile from his 2009 album, Happy Hour, is one of those tracks that goes from being a random-song-that-Pandora-threw-up to a played-on-loop-all-day-long in about a minute. Kracker falls ...

A 12-year break between albums came as news to Uncle Kracker, who broke that drought last month with the release of his sixth title, “Coffee & Beer.” “Yeah, just look back I don’t know what took so ...

Kenny Chesney is well-known for his laid-back beach songs, and he crossed genre lines when he teamed with Uncle Kracker for "When the Sun Goes Down." Uncle Kracker's real name is Matthew Shafer, and ...

Oct. 1—Hundreds of enthusiastic attendees of the World Chicken Festival gathered at the Town Center Park Saturday to watch Uncle Kracker, born Matthew Shafer, perform as the headlining act at the ...

It has been five years in the making, but Mount Clemens' son Uncle Kracker is about to deliver his fourth album "Happy Hour.""Smile," the first single off the album is streaming on his official Web ...