country music
Tanner Adell On Grammys Splitting Country Awards: 'I'm Really Glad'
"I don't think it takes an award to tell you how important you are."
By Ashleigh Carter
Tate McRae Is Collaborating With Morgan Wallen and Her Fans Hate That, Actually
“I’m actually so disappointed in her rn.”
By Kara Nesvig
The Borders of Country Music Are Finally Crumbling
The intertwined stories of country music, Música Mexicana, and Black culture prove genre is about both history and evolution.
By Angie Jaime
6 Rising Black Country Artists Honor Beyoncé in Apple Music Nashville Sessions
Celebrate Black Music Month with these covers of Bey's biggest hits.
By Sara Delgado
You Couldn’t Box Tanner Adell in If You Tried
Adell sits down with Teen Vogue at Hangout to chat about her sophomore album and making country music all her own.
By Aiyana Ishmael
Beyoncé Calls Out Music Industry Racism in iHeartRadio Awards Speech
"To all the record labels, every radio station, every awards show..."
By Kaitlyn McNab
With ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Black Country Music Fans Are Front and Center, at Last
Beyoncé's album is the latest effort in a long fight to disrupt the erasure of history in the genre.
By Candice Norwood, The 19th
Cowboy Carter and the Black Roots of Country Music
Beyoncé is following in the footsteps of many Black musicians before her.
By The Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Beyoncé Says an 'Unwelcoming Experience' Inspired Cowboy Carter
"This ain’t a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album."
By Kaitlyn McNab
Kacey Musgraves Says a Label Exec Told Her Golden Hour Had No Hits
And more from the country singer's Deeper Well album listening event.
By P. Claire Dodson
Oklahoma Country Radio Station Explains Why It Refused to Play Beyoncé
"We do not play Beyoncé as we are a country music station."
By Sara Delgado
New Ads Are Meant to Target the Most Vaccine-Hesitant Group
They feature stars from The Deadliest Catch and country music singers.
By Emily Bloch
Maren Morris Celebrated Black Women Country Artists in CMAs Speech
"It's Linda Martell, Yola, Mickey Guyton, Rissi Palmer, Brittney Spencer, Rhiannon Giddens..."
By P. Claire Dodson
Lil Nas X's AMAs 2019 Win Got Emotional
The "Old Town Road" rapper humbly took home the award for rap song.
By Danielle Kwateng-Clark
Lil Nas X Wasn't the First Gay Man to Win a CMA. Here's Why That Matters.
But his win is important — especially in the context of country music's continued progress in spite of country radio.
By Marissa R. Moss
Lil Nas X Was Told He Wasn't Country Enough. Now He Has a CMA.
"Old Town Road (Remix)" makes history once again.
By Marilyn La Jeunesse
Lil Nas X Is Paving His Own Road
"A black guy who raps comes along and he's on top of the country chart, it's like, ‘What the f*ck?’"
By Lakin StarlingPhotography by Camila Falquez
A Black Teen Was Assaulted After Criticizing a Confederate Flag at a Country Music Festival
The incident took place just ahead of a Kid Rock performance.
By Emily Bloch
Taylor Swift Just Proved She Still Can Do Country
She’s featured on Sugarland’s “Babe” which she originally wrote for her album Red.
By Chelsea Stone
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19 Female Country Music Artists You Should Know
From the legends to the newest stars.
By Kara K. Nesvig