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 ...

Before Tim McGraw became one of country’s most bankable hitmakers, he was locked in a fight with his own label over a song they were convinced would be a disaster. On a recent episode of The Tim ...

Love is in the air, but you need a great country song to keep it there. This round-up of the greatest country love songs features some of the most romantic, endearing, satisfying and — ahem — ...

What makes a truly great dark country song? Well, it helps if there's a death involved, and country music is full of classic, chilling murder ballads that fit the bill. But in order to be truly dark, ...

When the members of Restless Heart first got together to record songs in Nashville, it wasn't for themselves. Tim DuBois enlisted Larry Stewart, John Dittrich, Paul Gregg, Dave Innis, and Greg ...

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 ...

Beaumont, Texas native Mark Chesnutt earned his place in country music history by bringing a modern perspective to traditional country music. Born on Sept. 6, 1963, the talented singer-songwriter was ...

The explosion of emerging talent that came onto the country music scene in the 1990s included a wave of impressive new bands. For decades, the genre had been overwhelmingly dominated by solo acts — ...

Singer-songwriter Gillian Welch released her debut album Revival in 1996 with her musical partner David Rawlings. Since then, the 54-year-old talent has established herself as an artist who is nothing ...

Gayle Thompson has been a daily contributor for The Boot since it began in 2008. In addition, she has written for Rolling Stone, Country Weekly, CBS Radio and several other outlets. Besides writing, ...