Today is Good Friday ... Reaching back six decades, here’s a look at news-making country music headlines on this day in history. Spoiler alert: April 18 was a pretty good day for Johnny Cash.

But today’s country music, critics say, has lost sight of its history, rooted in black instruments and traditions. Singer-songwriter Valerie June said that “Old Town Road” is just one of ...

Beyoncé kicked off her "Cowboy Carter" tour in Los Angeles, and it is a bold blend of country music, political symbolism and ...

Music producer Brian “Killah B” Bates ... "Cowboy Carter," he was able to make history with his first country record. And he says it won't be his last. The three-time Grammy nominated producer ...

For history-loving country music fans, here’s a basket of genre-specific events to celebrate today. Carl Perkins’ and Johnny Cash’s drummer W. S. “Fluke” Holland was born in Saltillo ...

But despite being the most-awarded artist in Grammys history, she had yet to win it. With her groundbreaking country music album, the award is finally hers. Beyoncé had started the awards strong ...

and Darius Rucker—but today’s field of Black country music is manifold. (Discover the history of Tennessee’s forgotten music empire.) Twenty-seven-year-old singer and songwriter Reyna ...

“The fact somebody has walked into country music, that is not of the color that ... which is still one of the most beloved songs in country history.) White banjo innovators like Earl Scruggs ...

Even George Strait admitted he had no idea! This new episode of Secret History of Country Music zooms in on Jones' final days using reporting from the time, his words as well as Nancy's ...