In their last conversation they had together, Dolly Parton encouraged Tanya Tucker to keep the show going, even on days when ...

Jordan Blum is a former Features Editor at PopMatters and a contributor to Kerrang!, Consequence, PROG, WhatCulture, Metal Injection, Record Collector, and ...

Although it's a quintessentially American genre, country music isn't just the domain of U.S. artists. As it turns out, Canadians have made a significant impact on the genre's evolution, especially in ...

Toby Keith scored a chart-topping hit with his single "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" when he released it as the debut single from his 2002 album Unleashed. Keith wrote the ...

Narrowing down a decade's worth of albums into a list of just 10 is brutal business. In a 10-year period that saw tremendous change in the musical landscape (goodbye, cassettes and CDs ... hello, ...

The explosion of emerging talent that came onto the country music scene in the 1990s included a wave of impressive new bands. For decades, the genre had been overwhelmingly dominated by solo acts — ...

In the 1970s, the country music charts were filled with artists who first found fame during the previous decade(s): to name a few, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley. But there were also a ...

Tim McGraw has claimed a unique space in country music history. Alongside contemporaries like Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban, he's part of a rare class of country singers that have bridged the gap ...

Brett Young earned a No. 1 hit with his debut single "Sleep Without You," a song from his eponymous debut album, and followed it up with his second single, "In Case You Didn't Know." Young, who wrote ...

Ashley McBryde and her family are mourning the death of her brother Clay. The 53-year-old died at home on Wednesday (June 20) in Russellville, Ark. According to his obituary, Clay McBryde -- full name ...

Before Tim McGraw became one of country’s most bankable hitmakers, he was locked in a fight with his own label over a song they were convinced would be a disaster. On a recent episode of The Tim ...