Each song tells a story,” said Jordan Dicus, Buckshot’s lead singer. “You listen to Marty Robbins and those old-school guys; they’re all telling stories, what you would sit around the ...

Before it came to be celebrated and defined by the popular radio format known as Americana, country music shaped by folk music, rock and roll and the blues had no catchy name to distinguish it.

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Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Jimmy Buffett released seven mostly unnoticed albums where he came off like a cross between an outlaw country rebel and a character from a late 60s underground comic book, with songs criticizing ...

Best known as a country ... songs in American popular music. The deceptively simple memoir of some unknown vagabond became an international hit, quickly reaching No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 ...

The two songs are tied ... first to hit the top five on Country Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay. On the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100, “A Bar Song ...

Looking back at the biggest hit singles of every year, dating to the Hot 100's 1958 launch ... the sales of recorded songs, the 10-position “National List of Best Selling Retail Records ...

Adult Pop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay charts and only the second ever single by a Black artist to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and Country Songs charts. His reign knocked down artist Morgan ...

Well, as the late great Quincy Jones would say, find 100 ways, because it was a year ... These are my 25 favorite songs of 2024. (Although many other gems are over on my albums list, to avoid ...

Dolly Parton, George Jones, Alabama, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kenny Rogers are shining stars in country music ...