It also helps to have places to veer to. Morris is finishing up a new album with several non-country producers, including ...

Sometimes, I feel like country music as a whole takes itself too seriously. So many artists are overly concerned with telling everyone how country, in love, or “authentic” they are in songs that come ...

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

In Kingston, the local — and global — legend opens up about his time away, how his genre can evolve, and why he might be collaborating soon with Cardi B.

Released in 2000 as the lead single from her album of the same name, “I Hope You Dance” became a crossover hit, topping the ...

In an interview from 1999, Kris Kristofferson recalled how he felt after moving to Nashville after leaving the United States ...

In addition to being a chart hit, the song won Stapleton yet another Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance. 11 of 20 "Russell County Line," 49 Winchester ...

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The Recording Academy has withdrawn J-Kwon’s Grammy eligibility for Shaboozey's country hit "A Bar Song (Tipsy)." The 2025 Song of the Year nominee, which includes an interpolation to J-Kwon's ...

Billboard offers its takes on the top country songs of 2024, including music from Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Riley Green, George Strait & more. Country music continued its surge in 2024 ...

A wax cylinder containing the oldest recorded country song was discovered in Pennsylvania. The track 'Thompson's Old Gray Mule' was recorded in 1891 and sung by Louis Vasnier, a black man from ...