Darius Rucker

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  • Swift named CMA entertainer of year; Darius Rucker best new artist

    ...Rucker became the first black singer to win new artist of the year at the Country Music Association Awards, joining Charley Pride as the only African-American to win a major individual award, while Taylor Swift won two awards, including album of the year.Rucker,... |more

  • At CMA awards, Taylor Swift may end Kenny Chesney's reign

    ...are nominated for vocal duo and musical event (with McEntire), for example. And there will be plenty of attention on Darius Rucker , who will be looking to join Charley Pride as the only black performer to win male vocalist of the year. But he faces a who’s... |more

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  • Overnight: Darius Rucker

    The show: Darius Rucker proved he could make the jump from rocking and rolling with Hootie & the Blowfish to playing country by scoring a smash hit with his “Learn to Live” CD. The South Carolina native had already proved he could rule a rodeo arena 1:08 AM |more

  • LV MUSIC: Musikfest to announce country act: Who's it going to be?

    ...for Musikfest to get.  Allentown Fair already has Keith Urban next summer, and had Tim McGraw last summer. Rule them out. Darius Rucker also will tour this summer, but he’s headed for the Midwest at the time of Musikfest, ruling him out. Carrie Underwood is... |more

  • Coming up: Darius Rucker

    ...voice and face of Hootie & the Blowfish in the ’90s, Darius Rucker turned heads when his first country album, “Learn to Live,” debuted at No. 1 and delivered the hits “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” “It Won’t Be Like This for Long” and “Alright.” Rucker,... |more

  • The Vent

    ...the people with honor and trust rather than lies and misinformation. What's new? I rarely read Mr. Ed's column. But I saw Darius Rucker's name not once but mentioned three times in some blithering article. He blasts this successful black country and western... |more

  • Josh Turner photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.
    Josh Turner, Radney Foster Visit Top 20

    ...Evans’ “A Real Fine Place To Start” and Keith Urban’s “Raining On Sunday.” He’s allegedly got something up his sleeve for Darius Rucker’s next album as well. Josh finally releases his next album, Haywire, on Tuesday. His infectious “Why Don’t We Just Dance”... |more

About Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker (born May 1, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American musician. He is known mainly for his role as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, of which he was a member since the band's inception in 1989. Along with his work in Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker has recorded two solo albums. The first, Back to Then, was released in 2002 on Hidden Beach Recordings. An album of country music entitled Learn to Live followed in 2008 on Capitol Records Nashville. This later album also produced his first solo chart single in "Don't Think I Don't Think About It", which became the first Number One country hit by a solo African American artist since 1983. Following it was "It Won't Be Like This for Long", also a Top 20 country hit.

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