And after more than a dozen years as the creative yet largely silent force behind Sugarland — the Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning group he formed in Atlanta in 2003 — the Tennessee-born singer-songwriter is ready for you to hear it.
On his debut solo album Southern Gravity (out April 7 via Streamsound Records), that voice is undeniable.
Southern Gravity is a joyous and inspirational album, yet it was born out of tumultuous, even tragic, change. As such, it is a purging of all that Kristian has weathered since 2011 — the year that the stage rigging collapsed during a storm prior to Sugarland’s show at the Indiana State Fair. That horrific accident was the first of many challenges, both public and personal, for the heart-on-his-sleeve artist.
Over its dozen tracks, however, Southern Gravity became Kristian’s musical assurance that everything was going to be okay.
“These songs are like post-it notes that you might put around your house as inspirational reminders,” says Kristian. “I listen to them for that reason sometimes — to remind myself that no matter how hard it gets, you can make things out of the pieces that are smashed.”
It’s testament to Kristian’s gift for writing perfect country-pop hooks that Southern Gravity turned…
Presented by 102.5 The Bull, Kristian Bush, the creative force behind Grammy, CMA and AMA winning group, Sugarland, plays Tin Roof on Wednesday, May 20 at 7:30PM for FREE!
Kristian Bush has a voice.
And after more than a dozen years as the creative yet largely silent force behind Sugarland — the Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning group he formed in Atlanta in 2003 — the Tennessee-born singer-songwriter is ready for you to hear it.
On his debut solo album Southern Gravity (out April 7 via Streamsound Records), that voice is undeniable.
Southern Gravity is a joyous and inspirational album, yet it was born out of tumultuous, even tragic, change. As such, it is a purging of all that Kristian has weathered since 2011 — the year that the stage rigging collapsed during a storm prior to Sugarland’s show at the Indiana State Fair. That horrific accident was the first of many challenges, both public and personal, for the heart-on-his-sleeve artist.
Over its dozen tracks, however, Southern Gravity became Kristian’s musical assurance that everything was going to be okay.
“These songs are like post-it notes that you might put around your house as inspirational reminders,” says Kristian. “I listen to them for that reason…
