The 2000s delivered some of country music's stone-cold saddest songs, ever. Want proof? Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' "Whiskey Lullaby" — one of country music's defining heartbreak ballads ...

Scroll through the list below to see some of the most powerful choices for a funeral song that country music has to offer. In ...

We’re starting our list of country songs strong with Tim McGraw’s heart wrenching story of a long lasting love story, “Don’t Take the Girl.” The chorus centers around that line but it ...

The acoustic guitar has long been at the center of country music. In the early days of the ... Many fans believe that a good song doesn’t need a full-band arrangement. Those in that camp stand ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT COUNTRY SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY ...

This is the first time a song has held the No. 1 spot for 20 weeks or more in the history of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, ...

Denaro is conscious that there are more fans of country's mainstream rise for whom dropping $40 for two tickets and $100 for ...

Rachael Hood, Senior Editor Music and history lovers can mix and mingle over the exhibits found at the Country Music Hall ... Studio B produced more than 35,000 songs by legends like Dolly Parton ...

There's been a lot of crossover between rock and country over the last couple of years, and Hardy is one of the artists ...

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...

But at base, he was a thinker-poet who pushed country music in existentialist directions. The songs he wrote for himself and others, including Joplin and Johnny Cash, built on the insight that ...

country music was practically defined by Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee,” a jingoistic anthem which condemned war protesters, drugs, and “long and shaggy” hair. The song was ...