Listers have put out dark country music, but No. 1 on this list is a deep cut you might have never heard before.

Since Tod has seen Nashville change over the years, he’s seen the industry itself morph, and country music become more widely accepted. The singer-songwriter told us that he remembers a time when ...

This week, Megan Moroney offers up valuable wisdom enveloped in a lilting ballad, while Maddie Lenhart sings of longing for a ...

Joe Buchanan sets Jewish prayers and ideas into country ballads — an unusual combo given the genre's use by Christian bands.

Lainey Wilson is known for her own hits such as "Heart Like a Truck" and "4x4xU," but she's also co-written songs recorded by ...

Closing out the set of four river-based murder ballads is none other than Chris Knight’s sprawling, 7-minute epic tells the harrowing journey of a man taking revenge for his brother’s murder. Easily ...

Some songs don't get the credit they are due. Revisit three country songs that deserve to be bigger than they are.

We all know Taylor Swift is a songwriting genius, crafting deeply personal anthems that dominate the charts. But did you know ...

Randy Travis released this timeless country song in the 1980s. Watch Texas-born country artist Randall King pay tribute to ...

Willie Nelson is getting into the holiday spirit before even Halloween as the country legend has shared his festive new ballad "Christmas Love Song." ...

There's a common sentiment that music is gorier and more graphic today than it used to be, and that's simply not true. In fact, some of the darkest, creepiest and all-around most disturbing country ...

Macabre songs about murder, specters, and other morbidities are par for the course for country music, but Leon Payne’s bone-chilling country song from the mid-1970s takes this tradition to a whole new ...