In the 27 years that have passed since Jo Dee Messina's bold and infectious debut single "Heads Carolina, Tails California" first made its mark on the genre, the country star has traveled through many ...
Jordan Blum is a former Features Editor at PopMatters and a contributor to Kerrang!, Consequence, PROG, WhatCulture, Metal Injection, Record Collector, and more. He's written books about Jethro Tull, ...
Although it's a quintessentially American genre, country music isn't just the domain of U.S. artists. As it turns out, Canadians have made a significant impact on the genre's evolution, especially in ...
What makes a truly great dark country song? Well, it helps if there's a death involved, and country music is full of classic, chilling murder ballads that fit the bill. But in order to be truly dark, ...
In 2005, Michael Buble released "Home" as a single. The singer wrote the song with Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies, and it became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and went ...
It’s always big news when a song hits No. 1 on the charts: for the artist, songwriters and label, and also for diehard fans of the artist or song. After all, having the top country song in the country ...
Cole Swindell and Ashley Gorley co-wrote "You Should Be Here," the debut single from and title track of Swindell's 2016 sophomore album. Written about Swindell's heartache over the sudden loss of his ...
Love is in the air, but you need a great country song to keep it there. This round-up of the greatest country love songs features some of the most romantic, endearing, satisfying and — ahem — ...
It's been eight years since Eric Church was famously fired from the Rascal Flatts Me & My Gang Tour, after he was accused of playing too long each night. Church was replaced by 16-year-old Taylor ...
Just as Jason Aldean's career was soaring into superstar status last year, his personal life was falling apart. The Georgia native went through a divorce with his wife of 12 years, Jessica Ussery, ...
Diamond Rio enjoyed one of the biggest hits of their career with their Grammy Awards-nominated single "One More Day." The song, which was released as a single in 2000, became a No. 1 hit on the ...