In the 27 years that have passed since Jo Dee Messina's bold and infectious debut single "Heads Carolina, Tails California" first made its mark on the genre, the country star has traveled through many ...

Jordan Blum is a former Features Editor at PopMatters and a contributor to Kerrang!, Consequence, PROG, WhatCulture, Metal Injection, Record Collector, and more. He's written books about Jethro Tull, ...

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Just when you think that the Nashville universe can’t get any crazier, Episode 8 proved that there's no storyline too dramatic for the show's writers. That episode's epic cliffhanger reaches its ...

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 ...

It's been eight years since Eric Church was famously fired from the Rascal Flatts Me & My Gang Tour, after he was accused of playing too long each night. Church was replaced by 16-year-old Taylor ...

It’s always big news when a song hits No. 1 on the charts: for the artist, songwriters and label, and also for diehard fans of the artist or song. After all, having the top country song in the country ...

Tim McGraw knows his childhood wasn't an easy time for his mom, Elizabeth "Betty" Ann D'Agostino, and her struggles have stuck with him. McGraw's mother, now Betty Trimble, became pregnant with him, ...

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 ...

Cole Swindell and Ashley Gorley co-wrote "You Should Be Here," the debut single from and title track of Swindell's 2016 sophomore album. Written about Swindell's heartache over the sudden loss of his ...

The 1990s are seen as one of the golden eras of country music. It was the decade that marked the emergence of a new generation of country stars who often mixed traditional country sounds with a modern ...