There's no question that alt-country existed long before the 1990s: Consider Neil Young's masterpiece Harvest, released in 1972, or the Mekons' Fear and Whiskey, Green on Red's Gas Food Lodging and ...

Beyoncé’s turn to country came from her personal experience of not feeling welcome at the 2016 CMA Awards. Beyoncé’s album, “Cowboy Carter,” has reignited conversations about what country music is, ...

In 20 years, fans of country music are going to look back on the era of bro-country like anyone under age 35 today looks back on the urban cowboy craze -- with much amusement and confusion. “What was ...

As current events have clearly articulated, country music is no longer a term that applies to one sole genre. Instead, it is a genre umbrella that covers sub-genres such as Americana, pop country, ...

Pick any day's political headlines and you might be surprised at the treasure chest of information beyond the sound bites delivered by politicians and their spinmeisters — and trite analyses supplied ...