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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Chasin' That Neon Rainbow," the fourth single from Alan Jackson's freshman Here in the Real World album, was co-written by Jackson and Jim McBride. The song was released in September of 1990, and ...

Ashley McBryde and her family are mourning the death of her brother Clay. The 53-year-old died at home on Wednesday (June 20) in Russellville, Ark. According to his obituary, Clay McBryde -- full name ...

Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette co-wrote "Chicken Fried" in the early 2000s. The Zac Brown Band first recorded the song in 2003, then re-recorded it later in the decade and released it as the first ...

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 ...

Singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, 71, married longtime girlfriend, Kimberly Hastings, 48, Saturday (April 17) in Las Vegas. Toby Keith attended the ceremony as an official witness to the nuptials, ...