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, ...

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 ...

One of the main physical symbols of country music is, by no doubt of the imagination the cowboy hat. The cowboy hat is such a simple item, yet seemingly holds the spirit of America on its rim. It ...

Everybody’s been going country lately and one of the latest people to do so is The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, whose first solo album in over a decade THRASHER is a self-proclaimed “country western” ...

Once a hot spot for line, square and swing dancing with live country-Western bands, Stampede has taken on a new role as a club for Latin genres like rancho, banda, regional Mexican, Norteño and cumbia ...

Country western music icon Patsy Cline was born just one year after the birth of my own mom Peggy. Patsy was born Sept. 8, 1932, and mom Peggy, Aug. 17, 1931. Tragically, Patsy died at age 30 in March ...

Country-western music’s iconic women will be celebrated during an award-winning tribute show 2 p.m. Jan. 3 at State Street Theater, 1 State St., New Ulm. Tickets for Joyann Parker’s “Classic Ladies of ...

No other genre can claim a cheering squad like country music. Unique among its peers, country is supported by a pair of powerful nonprofits which promote it all around the world: the Country Music ...

A Country Western are keeping this Life On The Lawn rollout nice and tight. Last week the esteemed Philly alt-rockers announced the album and released lead single "The Dreamer" with just three weeks' ...