These country songs from the 1980s had everything they needed to top the charts except for love from the radio.

Inextricably linked with the gospel tradition, the best country songs for Easter are almost always sublime songs of praise.

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Country music came tumbling out of the mountains along with the rise of radio. One hundred years ago, in the 1920s, Vernon ...

Even though country music is mostly known as a genre that revels ... Throughout the decades, country musicians have both used their songs to protest racism, homophobia, and misogyny, and found ...

Country star Tim McGraw gives a free concert at ... White and Blue,” country music is often associated with nationalistic, military themes. But those are just two songs — and the real nature ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Growing up in northern Michigan, Rachel Brooke was surrounded by country and ... on her own music — something reflected in the poignant, bare-bones songs of Brooke’s latest ...