Photo Credit: Russ HarringtonHe's known by many as the former frontman of Grammy-winning group Hootie & The Blowfish and now Darius Rucker is making a wave on country radio. Rucker's debut country album, Learn To Live, landed No. 1 on the Billboard charts and his first two singles off that album are receiving just as much success — including most recent "It Won't Be Like This For Long" landing ...
Music fans probably recognize the name Darius Rucker pretty quickly from his work with Hootie and the Blowfish. Now, the country music community is getting to know him really well with his new solo project titled "Learn to Live." Now, here lately, quite a few artists from other styles of music have tried to break into the world of country music. Some have done well, others, well not so much....
The barometer by which Darius Rucker’s stint as a country artist will be measured isn’t critical acclaim, but rather commercial success. Therefore, it shouldn’t be any surprise that Live To Learn doesn’t break new ground but treads familiar water, despite overtures to the contrary in pre-release press. Throughout twelve songs, Rucker demonstrates that he [...]
The barometer by which Darius Rucker’s stint as a country artist will be measured isn’t critical acclaim, but rather commercial success. Therefore, it shouldn’t be any surprise that Live To Learn doesn’t break new ground but treads familiar water, despite overtures to the contrary in pre-release press. Throughout twelve songs, Rucker demonstrates that he [...]
Music fans probably recognize the name Darius Rucker pretty quickly from his work with Hootie and the Blowfish. Now, the country music community is getting to know him really well with his new solo project titled "Learn to Live." Now, here lately, quite a few artists from other styles of music have tried to break into the world of country music. Some have done well, others, well not so much....
Just in case anyone doesn't pick up on the fact that Darius Rucker is thinking about "it" (the mind reels with possibilities) here he strikes a thinking man's pose on this cover, with its strangely familiar layout:The former Blowfish is now a "chart topping country superstar." And...I don't hate it! His warm voice lends itself nicely to this kind of music.:Darius Rucker: Don't Think I Don't Thi...
Songwriters: Chris DuBois, Ashley Gorley, and Darius RuckerDarius Rucker’s second country single, “It Won’t Be Like This For Long,” exhibits a few flaws, but one of the main knocks against it is one that mars his album, Learn To Live: it’s lack of originality. The song revolves around specific moments between a father and [...]
It seems like you read maybe once a week about a country artist crossing over to the pop charts. What happens less often than, say, a Jimmy Buffett album that sounds like he means it, is a pop artist crossing over to scale the country charts. What happens, well, pretty much never, is an African American pop artist scoring a #1 country hit -- which is exactly what Hootie & The Blowfish frontma...