Uncle Kracker finds both pop and country success, set to play 9:30 Club

In speaking with Uncle Kracker, the rock-pop-with-a-dash-of-country star, one gets the sense that he’s really, really happy.

“I am,” said Matthew Shafer, aka Uncle Kracker, by phone en route to a recording studio in Detroit to put the finishing touches on his upcoming album. “I’m having a ball. I’m ecstatic to be making records and I’m ecstatic to be making records I want to make.”