Released in 2010 and produced by T Bone Burnett , Country Music stands out in Willie Nelson ’s catalog for its restraint. There’s no attempt to modernize the material or frame it as a comeback.

Detroit-born Winans and the First Lady of Gospel Music, Shirley Caesar, won the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance/Song for their duet "Come Jesus Come." This win matches that of the late Aretha ...

Hank Williams has been gone for decades. However, his music and influence still loom large in the minds of country music fans. Many remember him for his heartbreak songs and toe-tapping honky tonk ...

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you may simply ...

A Mississippi-based creator has found himself at the center of a new debate in the Gospel world—one that blends technology, tradition, and a whole lot of chart success. Solomon Ray, an AI-generated ...

What happens when music fans discover their new go-to praise and worship song, only for the song to be made by an AI-artist? That’s the feeling some gospel fans are having as Solomon Ray, an ...

On Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, the No. 1 spot is currently held by Breaking Rust’s “Walk My Walk.” The song is fairly run-of-the-mill for contemporary country, with genre hallmarks ...

On Oct. 25, under the high, arched ceiling of Mr. Smalls Theatre, the country gospel band The War and Treaty played to a small but engaged audience. After a fiery and genre-blending acoustic ...

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, ...

IT SOUNDS LIKE a typical country tune, for a few seconds at least. “Country Girls Make Do” opens with a toe-tapping beat and twangy strains of fiddles and guitar. You expect a song about whisky or ...

Paul Cauthen goes by the nickname "Big Velvet," and you'll understand exactly why as soon as you hear his voice. This Texas-born alt-country crooner has a rich, deep and sultry baritone that could ...