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4 Country Songs That Will Make You Long for Home if You’re From Small-Town America

4 Country Songs That Will Make You Long for Home if You’re From Small-Town America

Now & Then: American Aquarium’s New Ways to Lose and the reach of Tennessee

American Aquarium’s New Ways to Lose puts BJ Barham back in familiar territory, but with a wider lens. The songs still come from bars, back roads, family memory, and bad decisions,...

4 Country Artists That Know How To Keep It Country (No 90s Country-Pop Here)

Country music always evolves, but no matter what, that neo-traditional sound still holds its own. Here are some artists that keep it country. The post

Ryan Bingham Reinvents Cowboy Country with ‘They Call Us the Lucky Ones’

‘They Call Us the Lucky Ones’ is not merely a departure for Ryan Bingham, but a culmination and the chemistry with The Texas Gentlemen takes the listener and concert-goer on an unf...

Who’s Really ‘Not Country Enough’? The War and Treaty Have Some Ideas

The husband-and-wife duo have watched in amazement as artists who make pop-heavy country are, unlike them, embraced by country radio

Country Rock's Top 30 Albums

A back-to-roots movement in the '60s spurred a popular genre that's crossed generations. Continue reading…

Midland Were Choosing Texas Before It Was Cool

With neotrad sounds and Urban Cowboy revivalists dominating country music, Midland reveal themselves as trendsetters on new album Stages

A Country Bro With a Soft Heart

Tucker Wetmore is putting a fresh spin on bro-country, sprinkling in a little bit of emo sensitivity. Our critic, Jon Caramanica, breaks down his most recent single, “Sunburn,” on...

“Sometimes, Strength Looks Like Softness”: Nora Kelly Band Are Rewriting Alt-Country’s Tough-Guy Mythos With Wit, Twang,...

Montreal’s Nora Kelly Band channel the bright sting of their wry, smile-inducing song “Imposter Syndrome” into ‘So Wrong for So Long,’ a rich, rollicking alt-country album of sailo...

3 Songs From the 2020s That Are Unapologetically Country

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 06: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Zach Top performs on stage during day three of the 2026 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium on June 06, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Ph...

This Texas Band Says It Influenced a New Era of Country. It Still Sounds Unique.

On Midland’s new album, ‘Stages,’ the trio prove they’re in a different lane than other neo-neotraditional adherents.

American Aquarium – New Ways to Lose

With their 11th studio album New Ways to Lose, American Aquarium and front man BJ Barham continue to prove why they remain one of the most vital voices in Americana and roots rock....

3 Songs From the 1970s That Helped Push the Outlaw Country Movement Forward

3 Country-Pop Songs From 1968 That Crossed Over Without Losing Their Twang

CIRCA 1968: Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash poses for a portrait in circa 1968. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) These country-pop songs from 1968 crossed over...

Appalachian Awakening: Rewriting American Music Culture

Grab your Stetsons! How country music is taking over the UK - Country

Grab your Stetsons! How country music is taking over the UK - Country

Jon Pardi Declares Country Music “The New Rock N’ Roll” as Guitar Solos Fade

Jon Pardi shared why he believes country music is “the new rock n’ roll." The post Jon Pardi Declares Country Music “The New Rock N’ Roll” as Guitar Solos Fade appeared first on Am...

“What Happened to You, My Friend?”: CR & The White Lights Revisit Lost Ties on “Yearbook,” a Dreamy Alt-Country Reck...

The Long Ryders ride into a town near you in October!

The Long Ryders, pioneers of the alt-country movement, return to the stage this October. Fusing punk energy with country-rock harmonies, the band bridged the gap between Gram Parso...

Zach Bryan to Megan Moroney: We profile 12 stars of the country music explosion

The country music genre has had a new lease of life in recent years, in both the US and Ireland. Cara O'Doherty selects the cream of the crop of the latest generation of top talent...

Is Country Music Going Yacht Rock? Keith Urban’s New Album Suggests Something’s Afloat

"People would be surprised how many country artists are obsessed with yacht rock," says Lady A singer Charles Kelley, host of a new yacht-rock show on SiriusXM

3 Underrated Folk Songs That Celebrate Rural America

Photo of folk singer Woody Guthrie playing his guitar while a cigarette dangles from his lips. Ca. 1960s. (Photo by �� John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)...

The War and Treaty Reclaim Country Music’s Black Roots at BET 2026

Black artists created country music, yet faced barriers. Now a new wave is reclaiming and expanding the genre.