B98.5’s New Artist Spotlight: Chris Bandi

Growing up in St Louis, Chris Bandi experienced everything music had to offer, Country, R&B, Rock, Hip Hop, Grunge, Punk, everything under the sun. He says his mom taught him country, and his dad was rock, and those were his biggest influences in music. After graduating college, he took his passion to Nashville and hasn't looked back since.

Starting his career as many artists do, writing songs, he began to gain traction as an artist. Opening for names like, LoCash, Kip Moore, and the Marshall Tucker Band, he has played shows all over the country gaining a large following in the Midwest.

His song, Man Enough Now, about a love that he lost, has been streamed over 12 million times and the Music video has been watched 2 million times on Youtube. You can watch it below.