Latest Release

- DEC 2, 2022
- Darius Rucker Holidays - EP
- 6 Songs
- Learn To Live · 2008
- True Believers · 2013
- When Was the Last Time · 2017
- Beers and Sunshine - Single · 2020
- When Was the Last Time · 2016
- Learn To Live · 2008
- Learn To Live · 2008
- Charleston, SC 1966 (Deluxe Version) · 2010
- Charleston, SC 1966 (Deluxe Version) · 2010
- If I Told You - Single · 2016
Albums
2013
2008
2002
Artist Playlists
His catchy hooks and warm voice transcend genre.
Appears On
Portia Clark
More To Hear
Darius Rucker and Rissi Palmer talk Charley Pride.
Darius Rucker joins Kelleigh to talk about his life in music.
Darius Rucker chats about his track "My Masterpiece."
Darius talks about the National Museum of African American Music.
Darius talks CMAs, Country Music history, and race in America.
More To See
14 min 7 sec
About Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker’s evolution from frontman of beloved ’90s rock band Hootie & The Blowfish to modern country star was completely seamless. In fact, there is a straight line between many of the group’s songs—including the easygoing folk-rocker “Only Wanna Be With You” and the rustic ballad “Let Her Cry”—to Rucker’s solo hits, especially his fiddle- and pedal-steel-heavy 2013 cover of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel.” Unsurprisingly, the Charleston, SC, native’s formative musical tastes also crossed genres: Born in 1966, he grew up listening to Buck Owens, Charley Pride, and Dolly Parton on the Grand Ole Opry’s radio show but also loved gospel great Al Green and rockers R.E.M. Rucker deftly weaves all of these influences into his country work, in the form of funky blues vibes (“Radio”), soulful vocal touches (the banjo-heavy “Homegrown Honey”), and intimate lyrics about small-town living (the smoldering, harmony-driven “Southern Style”). But even as Hootie & The Blowfish toured and released a new album in late 2019, Imperfect Circle, Rucker maintained his country career. In 2020, he collaborated with two other Black country stars, Pride and newcomer Jimmie Allen, on the powerful political statement “Why Things Happen.”
- HOMETOWN
- Charleston, SC, United States of America
- BORN
- May 13, 1966