Part of what makes country music so great is that so much attention is often focused on an artist’s vocal ability. For decades, it’s what has made country music stand out as a genre. It’s hard to ...

There is the celebration of rural life and the yearning to recapture a seemingly simpler time. There are murder ballads, cheating songs, tunes that herald Saturday night’s debauchery and Sunday ...

Safe to say he's doing a pretty good job so far. With country music being the biggest it's ever been, arguably ever, there is no shortage of star power in the genre as of late. From Zach Bryan and ...

Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton join Toby Keith, Reba McEntire and several more as creators of country music's best music ever, according to the Grand Ole Opry. In honor of the Grand Ole Opry's ...

The latter placed #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs and Top Country Albums charts at the same time, making Bryan the first male country musician to do so. He first performed the title track at the ...

In 1967, country music saw the first-ever CMAs. These are three winners from the first-ever Country Music Awards in 1967.

The culture wars that have defined country music in recent years seemed somewhat tamer this year. That doesn’t mean the issues that have divided households from Nashville to SoCal have been resolved.

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...