Billboard cover star and the ‘Future of Country' rep Zach Top is bringing ’90s country music back. The crooner explains why ...

While legends like Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline set the standard for sad songs, modern country music has more ...

So country music finds itself at a major crossroads in ... but SNL showed the non-country world what modern country could be. With the vigor of a fire and brimstone preacher, Jelly Roll rails ...

Kellie Pickler Kellie Pickler may be one of contemporary country music's most unlikely traditionalists. The Albemarle, N.C. native first shot to fame as a contestant on the fifth season of ...

Kristian Thacker for The New York Times For a clear glimpse into the evolving soul of modern country music, you could have done far worse than to travel to Charleston, W.Va., this fall to catch a ...

modern country music's reputation is not always flattering; thinly veiled conservatism and overused clichés about trucks and beer may come to mind. For Black fans in particular, the genre is ...

Still, after Beyoncé's official country debut, many contemporary Black country artists ... whether it was intended that way or not," country music singer-songwriter Ernest said to The New York ...