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The Country Music Hall of Famer on paying homage with his Byrds-heavy new album, why he chose pills and pot over LSD, and Travis Tritt’s Bud Light controversy → Read More
Willie Nelson, who is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has a history of recording rock songs. → Read More
Dolly Parton wrote her first composition more than 70 years ago when she was around six years old, making up the simple story of “Little Tiny Tasseltop,” based on a doll fashioned out of a corncob by her mother. In the ensuing years, the hundreds of songs Parton has penned have covered a variety of subjects, from her childhood in east Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains to intense personal heartbreak,… → Read More
As a commercial entity, country music has existed for nearly a century following the 1927 Bristol Sessions with the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. That means it’s older than rock & roll, older than soul, and still going strong in 2022 with branches that have spread far and wide. But where the recording of albums […] → Read More
Ahead of Dolly’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, hear her cover Bon Jovi, REO Speedwagon, and more → Read More
From their first Number One “Mama He’s Crazy” to their signature ballad “Love Can Build a Bridge,” the must-hear tracks by the mother-daughter duo → Read More
“John Henry is maybe hooked into something that I, as a supposed neurotypical person, am not,” Moorer says of new ‘Wish for You’ EP → Read More
The country music queen launched her career on New Year’s Day 1964, a run that is celebrated on a new solo album and retrospective box set → Read More
Harris’s cover of the seminal country song about friendship and betrayal appeared on her album Luxury Liner, which turns 45 years old → Read More
The country-music radio show has survived floods, a pandemic, and changing tastes. It’ll celebrate its longevity on Saturday with Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Connie Smith, and more → Read More
From “Love at the Five and Dime” to “Listen to the Radio” → Read More
Grammy-winning singer had hits in pop, country, and gospel with songs like "I Just Can't Help Believing" and "(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" → Read More
Episode of Johnny Cash’s TV show also featured Joni Mitchell singing Dylan’s “Girl From the North Country” with the Man in Black → Read More
From the free-spirited “Chattahoochee” to the national healing anthem “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” → Read More
‘Tina Turns the Country On!’ was the icon’s first album without Ike → Read More
How a core team of 15 and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world → Read More
"God's Coloring Book" is a prayerful meditation on natural wonder recorded for Pride's 2006 gospel album → Read More
From his debut single “The Snakes Crawl at Night” to his signature, the crossover smash “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'” → Read More
In 1976, ‘Wanted! The Outlaws’ became the first country album ever to reach platinum status → Read More
From Dolly Parton to Snoop Dogg, here are a dozen of the legendary singer-songwriter’s greatest musical partnerships → Read More