Abraham Alexander & Kashus Culpepper: Handsome Club Convenes at Sea, ep. 342

About this episode

The episode features a live interview with musicians Abraham Alexander and Kashus Culpepper aboard Cayamo 2026, exploring their backgrounds and shared experiences.

We are live at sea aboard Cayamo 2026 with Abraham Alexander & Kashus Culpepper! The pair had not met prior, but we found a couple of very cool parallels between them, so we decided to interview them together. Plus, we knew it would be more fun to have them both up on stage in front of an audience. Abraham, based in Ft. Worth and originally from Greece, has had an impressive rise in profile thanks to opportunities from friends like Leon Bridges, Gary Clark, Jr., and Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas). Quesada actually worked with Abe on the song "Like a Bird," which was nominated for an Oscar for its inclusion in the deeply moving 2023 film 'Sing Sing.' Navy veteran Kashus Culpepper, born and raised in Alexander City, Alabama, grew up singing in church and learned to play guitar while deployed in Spain. His deployment actually occurred during the pandemic in 2020; left with nothing to do and nowhere to go, he spent his time learning guitar, drinking plenty of sangria, and playing for his fellow sailors (who would also be enjoying said sangria). Abe and Kash have a few things in common that we discuss: their emotive and boisterous singing voices, learning guitar as adults, intense…

People in this episode

Guests: Abraham Alexander, Kashus Culpepper

Topics covered

• music
• interviews
• beauty
• personal stories
• live performance

Keywords

• Abraham Alexander
• Kashus Culpepper
• Cayamo 2026
• music
• live performance
• beauty
• guitar

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Like a Bird, Sing Sing

Places: Ft. Worth, Greece, Alexander City, Spain

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