Brenda Lee was 13 years old at the time of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" — and it was 66 years ago, in 1958.

Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash go way back. The Tennessee native has never been shy about sharing her infatuation with Johnny Cash. From the moment Parton met Cash, she was taken aback by his masculine ...

Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms have emerged as the first couple of old-time string band and traditional country music in the ...

“Rockin'” eclipsed Mariah Carey's perennial favorite “All I Want for Christmas is You” last December to top the Billboard ...

Her memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm Nashville ...

With stars like T.G. Sheppard and a few drinking songs, Motown tried to launch a country label called Melodyland; then a TV evangelist got involved.

I'm a CMA Award-winning journalist who has written about country music for 24 years. My dad laid the groundwork by playing Alabama while I was in preschool.

Country continued to surge thanks to stalwarts like Zach Bryan and Morgan Wallen, along with pivots from pop acts like ...

The Latin and Western swing-inspired track was an unlikely pairing that came out of 2024, but WOW, it works. Sierra Ferrell’s ...

In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars, barbecues and car ...

I’m gonna have a dang heart attack with this kid!” Wicks and Rosa welcomed Tucker on Dec. 4, 2020, the same day the country star released his song “Old With You,” after struggling with infertility.

but death before old age is not.” (Doll lived to age 92.) For any country, reaching “50 by 50” would be transformative. It would mean more children surviving into adulthood, more women ...