The 25 best country and Americana albums of 2025, including Eric Church, Carter Faith, Tyler Childers, Mavis Staples, Ringo ...

Taste of Country rounds up our 10 favorite country albums of 2025, including projects from Thomas Rhett, Eric Church, Maddie ...

The country artists who found success after appearing on American Idol can be credited with the show tapping a country judge to lead the Season 12 of the show in 2013. Carrie Underwood and Scotty ...

For most people who grew up in the rural areas of the world -- or like to pretend they did -- being country is a thing of pride. Plenty of big country names know what it's like to live out in the ...

E ach Christmas The Economist names a country of the year. Not the happiest: that would nearly always be Scandinavian, making ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

Beyoncé is part of a great tradition of artists from the pop, R&B and rock worlds stepping into the realm of country music, whether it’s for one record or, in occasional instances, a whole career ...

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 ...

The greatest lie country music ever told was convincing the world that it is white. That hillbilly music turned white at the turn of the 20th century. And that Black musicians who created this music, ...

He was falling apart. Brilliant and tortured, devout and driven, Johnny Cash had been discovered in the Memphis of Sun Records–the musical milieu that gave America Elvis Presley–and had built a career ...

Irish country music is a massive, ever-growing industry that continues to sell out venues across the country. America is yet to discover the very best of Irish country music charts. Turn on any local ...

The CBS firefighter drama's dedication to authenticity hit home for several members of its L.A.-based team, with the upcoming midseason finale a poignant look at a grieving family.