If I had a nickel for every time I heard, “THAT’S NOT COUNTRY,” in my programming career, I could probably buy Radio Ink! With DSPs now as big players in the music discovery mix, the lines are even ...
Like everything, country music has evolved since the days of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. In 2025, when someone mentions country music, the first artists that come to mind are usually those like ...
From Jeff Foxworthy and his “You might be a redneck” shtick all the way back to Ray Stevens and his parody songs, rural comedians — dare we call them, “blue collar comics” — have a long association ...
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 ...
To get a sense of how wide the country music landscape — and the divides within it — are in 2025, consider the varied reactions to an announcement the Recording Academy made in June: The best country ...
The term “country music” covers a wide spectrum of styles. From the acoustic hillbilly honky tonk of Hank Williams to the hip-hop-adjacent bro country of the early 2000s, it all fits under the big ...
For years, the country music star struggled to stake a claim to the version of himself that now seems inevitable. Shaboozey performing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in October.Credit...Sinna Nasseri for ...