Whether you like it or not, it’s undeniable that country music is on the rise. There’s no debating that artists like Noah Kahan, Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers have brought the heat back to the country ...

When Post Malone decided to go country, he did it in a big way. Other pop artists who’ve plotted country crossovers have done so humbly, usually after their sales have started to slip. But that’s not ...

The old joke goes that if you listen to a country song backward, you get your girl back, then your truck back, and, finally, your dog back. The joke works, in part, because country music often ...

To anyone who isn’t American, country music seems a bit odd and too nationalistic for their liking. Nobody can blame them, after all, country music is a genre of American music mainly crafted by ...

Redheads have long been a powerful force in the country music world, bringing the heat in their music, style, powerful anthems ... and hair! Of course there's the queen of them, Reba McEntire, who has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. The way we listen to and understand music has continued to ...

Some musical genres come and go as soon as they arrive. Some genres stick around for decades upon decades. One genre that has done just that is outlaw country music. Many of the greatest country ...

CMA Fest, the Country Music Association’s (CMA) lucrative annual takeover of downtown Nashville — which produced $75 million in revenue in 2023 — kicks off on Thursday with special events including a ...

Country music is known for its icons, from Merle Haggard to Willie Nelson to Loretta Lynn and many more. As soon as you hear their names, you can “hear” their one-of-a-kind voices, individual styles ...

The year has gotten off to a rough start for country music fans as four legendary performers have already lost their lives. Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, died on Jan. 4.