Few musical genres capture the art of telling a sad story beautifully quite like classic country and Western songs. This storytelling music comes from places where life is hard: working-class Southern ...

You might believe these three classic country songs were contemporary creations, but that is not the case, as they are ...

At one point during Beyoncé’s 36-song, Western-themed Cowboy Carter tour opener, the words “Never ask permission for something that already belongs to you” were illuminated in red across the massive ...

The war waging between pop country fans and oldhead country traditionalists may never end, but those aren’t the only two options for country music. Modern neotraditional country and progressive ...

“Life is hard. God is real. Whiskey, roads, and family provide worthy compensations, and the past is better than the present.” To this basic description of the country music genre, Alice Randall, an ...

With the drop of “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” in February, Beyoncé staked her claim in country music. Within 10 days of its release, “Texas Hold ‘Em” became a #1 charting song on Billboard’s ...

Beyoncé is, obviously, the woman of the weekend: Her new country-inspired album, Cowboy Carter, is exploding Spotify records, catching huge amounts of attention, and proving that Beyoncé is maybe the ...