For at least a few years now, country music has been spilling over into all walks of musical life, and it’s a trend that just keeps ramping up. Pop stars like Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey, Post Malone, and ...

Our feature, 10 Artists to Watch Out For in 2026, shines a spotlight on the emerging country acts we believe are poised for a ...

Great news! At least two artists on this list of country stars who need to make a comeback in 2025 are planning to do just that. The other nine? Well, it's complicated. Hitmakers from the 1990s, ...

In 2002, CMT launched“Crossroads,” a concert series featuring two artists with different music styles. The show produced unbelievable combinations like Travis Tritt with Ray Charles or one of my ...

Incredible. This might be the best cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," I've ever heard, and it's by rock artist Sawyer Hill. He released a rendition of the classic country song with a bit of ...

As country music prepares to take over Coachella Valley this weekend for the annual, sold-out Stagecoach Country Music Festival, more than five dozen acts spanning a wide array of sounds will perform ...

Country music was at its best in the 1970s. Of course, that’s a matter of opinion, but it’s a hard opinion to challenge. And while we got to enjoy the greats like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton back ...

Joe Ely, a Texas-born singer-songwriter hailed for his pioneering work in country and rock in the ’70s, ’80s and beyond, has ...

Having success at country radio, especially as a female country artist, is cause enough for celebration. But some female country artists released songs that were so good, they found success at pop ...

Ice clinked in a cocktail shaker behind the bar and forks scraped plates over the chatter of a Thursday night dinner crowd at The Roads Bistro in Virginia Beach. Standing up front on a cramped stage, ...