More than half a century after "Jolene," these songs remain the backbone of country music’s storytelling tradition. They remind us that while trends shift and sounds evolve, the best country songs ...

Country women have delivered some truly great music in 2025. This list of the 12 best country songs released by females features several contemporary hitmakers, one absolute legend and a woman who ...

The country music community often looks back at the 1970s through a romantic lens that has immortalized the decade in a completely untainted package. As a result, the 10 years are consistently deemed ...

This week's crop of new music also includes a new tune from The Infamous Stringdusters, and a collaboration from Lauren Watkins and John Morgan. By Jessica Nicholson This week, Dasha previews her ...

HARDY opens up about his new album, chronicling the country music's sonic shifts, and why the theme of mortality runs throughout his project. By Jessica Nicholson HARDY’s new album Country! Country!, ...

Some of the most notable singles from the 1970s country music scene include Willie Nelson’s “Red Headed Stranger”, Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”, Waylon Jennings’ “Luckenbach, Texas”, Loretta Lynn’s “Coal ...

This Texas-born alt-country crooner has a rich, deep and sultry baritone that could give even Elvis Presley a run for his money. Over the course of his nearly decade-long solo career, Cauthen has used ...

Max Martin is one of Taylor Swift’s favorite collaborators — as on her soon-to-be blockbuster The Life of a Showgirl, where he and Shellback co-produced and co-wrote the whole album. Martin, the ...

In the world of country music, there are many disparate regional influences — think Red Dirt in Oklahoma, and of course, the Nashville sound — that influence the genre. But few have had the outsized ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Several people are falling victim to a scam called "Cloud Boost" and many of those victims are from the Coastal Bend. The scam promises participants who watch videos and boost ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...