For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

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As the country music institution celebrates a century of its radio broadcast, listen to how the show defined the culture — and was reshaped by it — decade by decade.

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The holiday season hasn’t officially peaked until Christmas classics start climbing back onto the Billboard Hot 100 — and this year, the charts look as festive as ever. The annual takeover is already ...

There’s a moment during my trip to Tennessee that I catch myself waiting for it all to be revealed as a set-up, surely this can't be an average Wednesday night in Franklin? Well, apparently so. I'm in ...

Williams’ rise to fame was relatively slow. Most of his early singles failed to reach the country chart. However, after more than a year of poor performance, he began to find consistent chart success ...

Seventy-one years ago today, one of the most consequential songwriters in country music history died in Nashville.

The Grand Ole Opry will honor Hank Williams with a historic tribute featuring his grandchildren Hilary, Holly and Sam Williams together on one stage.

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Chad Williams’ 2025 list highlights favorites across alt-country, soul, metal, hip-hop, and experimental rock.

Since the Christmas season now begins the day after Halloween (don’t blame me, it wasn’t my idea), we’ve been hearing holiday tunes for several weeks now. In the stores, Andy ...