The songwriter has an opportunity to hit the ground running. Find four of country's best opening lines, below.

Country music has many ingredients — among them, the blues, Gospel music of the South ... providing us with thousands of ...

Lonesome Drifter will likely introduce and expose Crockett to an entirely new fanbase. It also includes some re-recordings of songs he’s has cut in years past (“Jamestown Ferry,” made famous by Tanya ...

The first flowering of country blues on records happened in 1926. It seems there were 25 or 30 records by blues artists on or related to the 1927 flood. The songs present a variety of commentary ...

Flip through the slideshow below for 20 of country's saddest songs, from classics like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" to newer songs like Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues." ...

The lead single from Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated country album, goes under the musical microscope ...

The success of Larkin Poe’s 2024 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album could have been a double-edged sword, ...

Smith, along with Ma Rainey, toured the country with vaudeville tent shows spreading the blues across the States ... who took their name from one of his songs. BB King was another musician ...