The 80s gave us more than just big hair and huge shoulder pads. It was a phenomenal decade for country music. From the smooth pop-oriented style of the late Kenny Rogers to the legendary Randy Travis ...

Few genres feature as many sad tearjerkers as classic country music. In fact, country music cornered the market on devastating storytelling in music for the better part of a century. There are far too ...

Lonesomely loping like a cowboy across the plains, the country-western ballad carries on its stark melody and bare words of history, tradition, and above all a flair that sets it apart from the ...