Who says classic country heartbreak is a thing of the long-ago past? While legends like Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline set the standard for sad songs, modern country music has more ...

From classic country tunes to contemporary country sounds, these songs are an essential part of music history and showcase ...

They simply didn’t want to be bound up in the old way of doing things ... epitomize a contradiction in country music. Her voice is as authentic as it gets. Her songs celebrate small-town ...

Heavy metal and country music are not a match made in heaven ... “These Boots (Are Made For Walking)” is arguably one of the first songs that created the pop-country genre.

J.T. Shealy has kept Brevard bluegrass fans happy for decades by luring top-name acts in the musical genre, folks like Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers, Appalachian Road Show, Little Roy & Lizzy ...

When it comes to Christmas classics, country music stars continue to deliver ... (1957): There is arguably no holiday song that is more of a Christmas classic than Elvis' version of "Blue Christmas." ...

Let’s be real, Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé’s hit Christmas songs can get a little old, a little tired ... of other great Christmas music. Particularly, country Christmas songs.

But beyond simply chart-topping songs, many of country music’s exemplary examples of ... In this stripped-down, slow-burning shuffler, the 24-year-old’s weary vocals sound much older and ...

Country music, she notes, is merely a marketing ... not because in of itself it is unusual that a Black man would be singing a song about an old gray mule.” Local journalism is essential.