The greatest lie country music ever told was convincing the world that it is white. That hillbilly music turned white at the turn of the 20th century. And that Black musicians who created this music, ...

Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the country has gone country. Beyoncé is touring on her Grammy-winning country album, “Cowboy Carter.” All races and ages are line dancing to ...

A few weeks of political brouhaha this summer obscured a different story: The genre is moving, in fits and starts, from the political to the personal. By Jon Caramanica For a spell this summer, it ...

Shaboozey gave Megan Moroney a shady side-eye at the American Music Awards 2025 after she claimed the Carter Family “basically invented” country music. During Monday’s live show, the two singers took ...