With no Marty Robbins to cover "Seven Spanish Angels" Columbia's Billy Sherrill settled for a different star-studded feature.

The 1970s were a golden age for country music. But these are three AMA winners from 1980 we still sing along with.

Yeehaw! We may be over a quarter of the way through the 21st century now, but no amount of time could ever stop Denver from being a cowtown at its core. Just check out the thriving local country-music ...

Country music star Maren Morris is coming to her own defense as a woman in a male-dominated industry. “The choices I have made over the years, being a woman in music, especially country music, over ...

Jim McBride, an Alabama Music Hall of Famer and songwriter behind several country music hits, has died at the age of 78. McBride, a native of Huntsville, wrote numerous chart topping hits throughout ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Country songwriter Jim McBride, whose work helped shape decades of the genre and powered some of its biggest hits, according to his obituary has died. He was 78. McBride, an ...

In 2017, the narrator in country hitmaker Chris Janson’s song “Fix a Drink” seemed exhausted by party politics. “I turn on Fox News and then CNN/But it’s the same dang thing all over again,” Janson ...

In the 1980s, programmers of rock-oriented radio stations began tinkering with their playlists. Instead of playing only contemporary hits, they added in songs from the 1960s and 70s to appeal to older ...

Joe Ely, the progressive country music pioneer and renowned Texas singer-songwriter, has died. He was 78. Ely died on Monday, Dec. 15, at his home in Taos, New Mexico, due to complications of Lewy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list has grown through the first half of December. As we ...

For decades, the country music industry has billed itself as the rough-hewn, rural cousin to the effete sounds of the city. That appears to be going out the window, as more and more country producers ...

Lainey Wilson (from left), Reba McEntire, and Miranda Lambert perform "Trailblazer" during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco. Chris Pizzello / Chris ...