The cowboy is practically synonymous with country music. He signifies freedom to make a living off the land and to roam the country unrestricted. He represents pride in working-class roots and ...

Few musical genres capture the art of telling a sad story beautifully quite like classic country and Western songs. This storytelling music comes from places where life is hard: working-class Southern ...

Born for the stage, the Wyoming cowboy knows how to pack his shows with fun as he blazes his own country Western trail and builds a devoted fan base Christopher Douglas Ian Munsick's live shows ...

The cowboy hat holds a changing place in American culture, particularly in the pop culture of male country-western singers. Whether you were a 1980s neotraditionalist inspired by the singing cowboys ...

Then came Palouse and, with it, the awareness that the jukebox playing “I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee” carried a ...

More than a year after its release, “Cowboy Carter” is still sparking conversations and upending perceptions about genre, authenticity and who gets to claim country music as their own. The album’s ...

Here's proof that country music is in real trouble: It now has a slogan. "Country. Admit it. You love it." The slogan itself has myriad problems, the greatest of which is its betrayal of country's ...

"Country is a state of mind," sang Tom T. Hall, and right now, it's as hot as jalapeños on Long Island. There are two local country radio stations (103.1, — The Wolf (WWWF/103.1 FM) and My Country ...

Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer behind such standards like "Don't Touch Me," has died. She was 85. Her publicist, Don Murry Grubbs, said she died Friday after succumbing to ...