Bringing together the genre's finest talents has always been a country music staple. From the legendary duets between Conway ...

Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" marked a historic moment in country music. Following its release in March 2024, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to lead Billboard's Top Country Album chart since it ...

The 2025 American Music Awards went off without a hitch on Monday, May 26, but that doesn't mean it wasn't without its awkward moments. The most awkward of the night went to Shaboozey and Megan ...

To some fans, country music was meant to be played one way—unfiltered, unplugged, and entirely acoustic. This is a purist school of thought, and one that mainly applies to bluegrass and folk music.

The voice of Loretta Lynn continues to ripple through country music history, carried by songs that once challenged Nashville’s limits. Decades later, her most defining hits still shape how the genre ...

Winning both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at the Grammys in February, Cowboy Carter introduced a fresh wave of talented artists reshaping the genre and prompted music lovers to look back ...

In this guest commentary, Rima Dael, CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, responds to John Schneider’s story “Radio and the Roots of Country Music.” Comment on this or any article ...

Beyoncé has once again made history. At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, she finally clinched the coveted “Album of the Year award” for Cowboy Carter, marking the first time in her illustrious career ...

Women have been the backbone of country music for decades. From the proto-country bluegrass banjo-playing trailblazers to the classic country songstresses to the modern-day country-pop hitmakers, ...

Over the past century, the country music genre has become one of the most popular and recognizable within the American music industry. It first originated in the early 1900s, particularly among ...

When most people think of country music, images of old white guys, tractors, and landscapes of the American South tend to come to mind. Maybe you think of Dolly Parton or songs like “Wagon Wheel” and ...