In their last conversation they had together, Dolly Parton encouraged Tanya Tucker to keep the show going, even on days when ...

Jordan Blum is a former Features Editor at PopMatters and a contributor to Kerrang!, Consequence, PROG, WhatCulture, Metal Injection, Record Collector, and ...

Tim McGraw has claimed a unique space in country music history. Alongside contemporaries like Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban, he's part of a rare class of country singers that have bridged the gap ...

Although it's a quintessentially American genre, country music isn't just the domain of U.S. artists. As it turns out, Canadians have made a significant impact on the genre's evolution, especially in ...

Toby Keith scored a chart-topping hit with his single "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" when he released it as the debut single from his 2002 album Unleashed. Keith wrote the ...

"Mountain Music" became one of superstar group Alabama's most beloved hits after its release in 1982. According to band frontman Randy Owen, the song took him years to write, and encapsulates some of ...

In his illustrious career, Toby Keith has only released two radio singles he didn't write: 'American Ride' and 'Red Solo Cup.' For the country powerhouse to cut an outside song, it's gotta be pretty ...

In the 1970s, the country music charts were filled with artists who first found fame during the previous decade(s): to name a few, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Elvis Presley. But there were also a ...

Though Keith Urban is one of country's most well-known modern artists, he hasn't always had it easy. Beneath his golden hair, million-watt smile and vats of talent are the scars from his past battles ...

Rascal Flatts' No. 1 hit "My Wish," was written by Jeffrey Steele and Steve Robson. The Flatts released the song in August 2006, as the third single from their Me and My Gang album. That December, it ...

Brett Young earned a No. 1 hit with his debut single "Sleep Without You," a song from his eponymous debut album, and followed it up with his second single, "In Case You Didn't Know." Young, who wrote ...