It was the evening of Nov. 6, 2016, and award-winning artist Beyoncé Knowles-Carter hit the stage with the Dixie Chicks to perform at the Country Music Awards. For her contribution, she received ...

Who is truly behind the origin of country music? Is it the Carter family like Megan Moroney said during the American Music Awards? Was it Lesley Riddle, a Black artist who influenced the Carters? Or ...

Shaboozey educating other artists on the history of country music. When it comes to historical venues in country music, there’s nowhere more important to the genre than the Ryman Auditorium. Step ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture ...

On this day (September 8) in 1897, James Charles Rodgers was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He spent his teens and early twenties working on the railroad. He took inspiration from Black blues ...

Ken Burns UNUM is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

Bill Ivey led the Country Music Hall of Fame from 1971 to 1997 and is widely credited with evolving the museum from a modest tourist attraction into the main center for preservation and study of ...

The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is ready to celebrate some big anniversaries in 2026. The museum is one of 70 ...

The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is featured as a destination in the newly launched Virginia 250 Passport.

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...