In 2024, we survived a national election, weather disasters and the NCAA transfer portal. We lived through Tennessee State fiscal woes, a transit referendum and Beyonce's foray into country music. The ...

Elvis Presley regretted turning down a chance to act in "A Star is Born" opposite Barbra Streisand, according to Joel Brokaw, ...

Photo: Marc Millman After marking the New Year under the slithering Chinese zodiac and casting hope with premonitions of “transformation, renewal, and ...

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” This quote from Bob Dylan, attributed to an interview he gave to the now defunct ...

President Jimmy Carter was a passionate fan of country music, which connected him to Nashville and the genre's top stars. Why ...

This week we pay tribute to the late singer-songwriter, actor and counter-culture icon, Kris Kristofferson. He wrote “Me and ...

HIGHWAYMAN - Released May 6th, 1985 by: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings. The album ...

It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ‘s time in the White House only lasted one term, the decades afterward were defined by ...

No. 1 songs aren't the only marker of success. These country artists may be one-hit wonders but the genre wouldn't be the ...

Some wonderful songs have been written by folks who weren't particularly motivated until given a prompt from an outside source. Such is the case of "Me and Bobby McGee," the song that inspired perhaps ...

Brenda Lee reaches another landmark as the legend notches her first chart-topper on Billboard's Top Country Albums survey ...

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