Country music has, like any other genre of music, gone through its share of changes and evolution over the years. As new artists emerge, some tend to blur the lines between country and pop, to the ...

When most people think of outlaw country, they think of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe and Merle Haggard.

To get a sense of how wide the country music landscape — and the divides within it — are in 2025, consider the varied reactions to an announcement the Recording Academy made in June: The best country ...