AVERY COUNTY, North Carolina — If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in…

It’s another milestone in the onward march of the bots — country music’s top song in the U.S. last week…

I’ll say this, and some of the readers of this column already know it: I’ve been a fan of country…

A tip of the cowboy hat goes to our John Mac Ghlionn for his spot-on lament of the slow but…

There’s a peculiar talent NPR has perfected over the years: the ability to moralize and condescend in the same breath,…

It’s fun for the columnist when the columns prove prescient. Not that my column last week encouraging conservatives to take…

Variety recently published an article asking: “Does being a Morgan Wallen fan make you MAGA?” That’s the wrong question. A better one might…

Post Malone recently kicked off the biggest international headline tour of his career — Post Malone Presents: The Big Ass Stadium…

I don’t know whether I should be proud or ashamed to say this publicly. (Let me pause a moment to…

Country music giant Toby Keith died peacefully of stomach cancer Monday in his native Oklahoma. He was 62. He’s survived…