The al-country firebrand says he was just trying to build an audience for himself on rock radio when he wrote "Copperhead ...

Sometimes, I feel like country music as a whole takes itself too seriously. So many artists are overly concerned with telling everyone how country, in love, or “authentic” they are in songs that come ...

Willie Nelson is as known for his activism as his incredible, long-lived country music career. Here's how he made a ...

While romance has been fuel for many a great rock song, Eagles found a way to talk about the sour side of love between their ...

This was new to country ... best friend Townes Van Zandt. Her latest book is “Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music.” The musicians were outside the mainstream, but unlike outlaw ...

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 ...

No one has had a better start to the new year than Welsh legend Bonnie Tyler, who's walked off with the trophy in our first Tracks Of The Week contest of 2025. So we're sending the heartiest of ...

Best known as a country singer-songwriter ... improbably successful and still-compelling novelty song, or are his trendsetting almost-outlaw tracks better than all of them? Luckily, there ...

The year is at an end, and that means one thing: totting up the best songs of 2024 ... Nordic Flora Series, Pt. 6: Outlaw Music. Lead single “Hitty”, featuring Thaiboy Digital, is a great ...

The gentle, strings-swathed “Come Monday” edged into the Top 40 ... But before the song is done, Buffett is declaring allegiance to outlaw country, “Listening to Murphey, Walker, and ...