Matthew “Uncle Kracker” Shafer is smiling again. Released last fall, the Michigan native’s fourth studio effort, “Happy Hour,” includes charting single “Smile,” which was a top-40 hit on the adult ...

Uncle Kracker has cracked the country charts once again with his hit, 'Smile,' but before hooking up with Kenny Chesney for their hit 'When the Sun Goes Down,' his family was not really into the ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Matthew Shafer knows better. The 35-year-old rock/country/hip hop/pop singer and songwriter -- better known as Uncle Kracker -- is coming prepared to Citadel Broadcasting's deceivingly ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- On a tour stop Thursday night in Grand Rapids, Taylor Swift played an homage to her "Michigan influences." The two artists: Eminem and Uncle Kracker. During an acoustic set on her ...