The Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® is beyond excited to welcome IAN MUNSICK to the James Kjerstad Event Center at the Central States Fairgrounds on Friday, February 7 with special guest Colby Acuff.
IAN MUNSICK
A native son of Wyoming, Ian Munsick painted a stampeding, spirited portrait of the American West with his sophomore album 18-track White Buffalo: Introduce You To God, out now. Spanning unfiltered tales of romance and ranch life, hard-working anthems with honkytonk hooks and mountain-time odes to family and forever-young fun, it builds upon the spacious roots-pop beauty he introduced on his major label debut, Coyote Cry. Over the past four years, Munsick has accumulated nearly 750 million global streams and a host of accolades. He has been named an “Artist to Watch” by Spotify, CMT, Fender, MusicRow and most recently was named a Martin Showcase Artist.
COLBY ACUFF
A fourth generation Idaho native with a rugged spirit true to his mountain home, Colby Acuff’s unbridled style is one the Boston Globe heralds as “a superb, through going country sound,” with All Country News surmising “Colby Acuff is not just a rising star—he’s a bona fide storytelling powerhouse.”
Following a string of lauded independent releases, plus his major label debut, Acuff now offers American Son, a poetic, deeply personal project that holds a mirror to humanity and asks us all to take a hard look. More than political or philosophical, Acuff bores into the soul sickness, mental health crises and evaporating natural resources and opportunities for average Americans just getting by. Working with producer/engineer Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Brandi Carlile), Acuff created a robust, acoustic-forward power punch that packs a force as ambient as it is unvarnished. “If you make me break it down, I think it’s four different pillars,” he says. “It’s the state of the union and humanity. It’s mental health. But it’s also hope and love. You can’t dive too deep into the darkness without those two things, or you’ll never get out.”