Sixty-one years ago today, a major country hit inspired by a Bill Monroe classic became a state song of Tennessee.

The country music world has lost another legendary performer as steel guitar player Pete Finney died on Feb. 7. The Country Music Hall of Fame announced Finney’s death on Facebook.

Red Foley, one of country music's earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy." ...

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for ...

Al Shade was not just a country music legend. The guy might have been the oldest performing country music artist. He died on Jan. 22 at the age of 98. Shade was a star in central Pennsylvania, where ...

Listen to Kyle Long’s interview with “Mr. Las Vegas” Wayne Newton. With a career spanning more than seven decades, he is ...

As the 68th Annual Grammy Awards approach on Feb. 1, 2026, it's always fun to throw out our best guesses of who we think should win versus who will win from some of the most Nashville-heavy categories ...

Yeehaw! We may be over a quarter of the way through the 21st century now, but no amount of time could ever stop Denver from being a cowtown at its core. Just check out the thriving local country-music ...

Nashville is known for country music and great food — with many of its biggest stars finding a way to combine the two. Several country artists have launched restaurants that pair Southern fare with ...

In 2017, the narrator in country hitmaker Chris Janson’s song “Fix a Drink” seemed exhausted by party politics. “I turn on Fox News and then CNN/But it’s the same dang thing all over again,” Janson ...

Jim Duncan, a retired city planner, has written more than 600 short histories of Austin businesses. We introduced him and this series, “Jim Duncan’s Austin,” on July 6. This week, we adapt four of his ...

No, we don't have a crystal ball — but we do have nine out-there country predictions for what's going to happen in country music in 2026. In this list, we named some artists who we think will release ...