A few weeks of political brouhaha this summer obscured a different story: The genre is moving, in fits and starts, from the political to the personal. By Jon Caramanica For a spell this summer, it ...

Ingrid Andress is not the first country singer to struggle with the National Anthem. She's not even the first country singer to draw criticism after performing the National Anthem during MLB's ...

Janson’s pivot is only one example of the overt MAGA-fication of Music Row, which began to reveal itself immediately ...

The 2024 CMT Music Awards were held in Austin on Sunday night. Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the annual celebration of country music and its music videos gave out trophies in categories like ...

Country music is enjoying a huge resurgence this year—and it's also showing signs that it could become more inclusive. With both Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey having announced that they're releasing ...

On March 20th, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, a block from the honky-tonks of Lower Broadway, Hayley Williams, the lead singer of the pop-punk band Paramore, strummed a country-music rhythm on her ...

Shaboozey gave Megan Moroney a shady side-eye at the American Music Awards 2025 after she claimed the Carter Family “basically invented” country music. During Monday’s live show, the two singers took ...

Maren Morris calls her new two-track EP “The Bridge,” which is just one of several metaphors she deploys in imagining a path out of the world of country music in which she became a star. On “The Tree, ...

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Get ready to straighten that Stetson and bolo, in about 10 months. We have a date for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards. The 60th anniversary ceremony is set for Thursday, May 8, from Ford ...