Forbes reports that Toby Keith earned $65 million in 2013, $10 more than Taylor Swift–who really isn’t a country singer–and $12 million more...
Category - Country
There are brilliant writers and performers who work within a genre and produce something that has one foot — or even a toe or two — outside it...
Ray Price, who died last week at 87 years of age, is an important figure in what may be described as the domestication of country music. Here is the beginning...
Buck Owens, who was inducted in The Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996, was born in 1929 in Sherman, Texas. His bio traces his musical roots: The musical...
Elvis is the King, but Roy Acuff is the King of Country Music. The stories of how performers got started invariably are interesting. Here is the beginning of...
Here is the first paragraph of the Associated Press story on the passing of Cowboy Jack Clement: “Cowboy” Jack Clement, a producer, engineer, songwriter and...
This beautiful song was written by Gillian Welch for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? It is performed by Welch, Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss...
Jim Foglesong, a legendary country music executive, died Tuesday in Nashville. Foglesong signed Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, George Strait...
As usual, everything I thought about a song turned out to be wrong. I’ve Been Everywhere (above) — a song that essentially is a list of cities...
Unfortunately, Glen Campbell is battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Vintage Vinyl News reported last month that the disease is having an impact. Here is the...
