In the world of music, Beyoncé stands as a monumental figure, influencing genres far beyond her usual domain. Among her unexpected impacts is shining a spotlight on and boosting other Black artists — ...

Charles laid claim to the center of American popular music on these 1962 classics, and ended up with some of the brashest and best-selling music... Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the ...

Today’s country music genre had its beginnings in the 1920s with the popularization of two types of music: rural white bluegrass or “hillbilly” music and “western” or “cowboy” music. The two styles ...

This ain’t Texas, but we can sure dress like it is. Beyoncé’s country renaissance has spurred a widespread revival of Western style after releasing two country songs, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 ...

After leaving college in 2016, Jack Browning moonlighted as a visual artist, while playing in a band, touring Europe with everyone from Jeff Beck to Joss Stone. When the pandemic hit, the London-based ...

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 ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's (PRCA) Music City Rodeo debuts in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena, May 29-31, 2025. The rodeo, featuring top competitors like Tim O'Connell and Cole Reiner, ...

If you were surprised by the two country-infused songs Beyoncé dropped on Sunday night, hold your horses - this isn’t her first rodeo. In fact, fans have long speculated that such a genre-shifting ...

The rhythm-and-blues-tinged 1962 Ray Charles album “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.” John Travolta’s mechanical-bull-riding adventures in the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy.” The star-making 1990 ...

Country music and Western movies have always been tied together, so it's no big surprise that some of your favorite country singers have starred in some beloved Western films. Which country singers ...