Country music has a history that is deeply rooted in traditional white Southern working-class values, patriotism, conservative politics, and lyrics that tell the unblinking truth about life. An old joke asks, "What do you get when you play a...

Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in...

6 More than any other American musical form, maybe more than any American genre but its cousin the movie western, country music is based on commercially generated nostalgia. The Grand Ole Opry, the industry's ideological centerpiece, has traded in it since its...

Byline: LOUISE WITT R J Curtis, program director at KZLA-FM in Los Angeles, isn't waiting around for the next Nashville phenomenon to attract new listeners to his country music radio station. Instead, he's relying on the station's owner, Emmis Communications, to spend...

Vince Gill, Mel Tillis and Ralph Emery have been selected for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.Their selection was announced Tuesday by Barbara Mandrell, Brenda Lee and Hall of Fame Director Kyle Young. They will be formally inducted in October.Inductees are chosen by...

Perennials George Strait, Brooks & Dunn and Rascal Flatts, joined by newcomers Carrie Underwood and Big & Rich, were the top nominees for Tuesday's 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards.Strait, Brooks & Dunn and Rascal Flatts were vying for the entertainer of the year...