If a country ballad isn’t a tearjerker, then you’re probably not doing it right. The whole point of country music is to share real stories of real people. It’s a direct descendant of folk music, which ...

Country ballads attract listeners with simple melodies and emotionally straightforward lyrics. The arrangements are familiar, with strummed acoustic guitars, fiddle, weeping pedal steel, and a ...

Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Stevens has released the first of four new albums. Out now via Curb Records, Great Country Ballads features twelve timeless hit songs that left a mark on Stevens, ...

Sara Evans is a singer with a big voice who knows what to do with it. Her phrasing is conversational; she rarely tries to goose the emotion in a song by stretching out syllables or leaping registers.

The newest of the 'NOW That's What I Call Country' series will focus on the decade's top ballads. Taylor Swift, George Strait and Carrie Underwood are just three of the 18 artists featured on the 'NOW ...

Randy Houser's "Note To Self" is a heartfelt, soulful, and time-worn country ballad that continues his decade-long run of singles to hit inside the Top 30 on country radio. While sitting in his home ...

Sara Evans is a singer with a big voice who knows what to do with it. Her phrasing is conversational; she rarely tries to goose the emotion in a song by stretching out syllables or leaping registers.