2+ hour ago   (272+ words) George Jones himself was a songwriter. However, the country music titan was known for that voice of his that could make any lyric sound absolutely devastating. Here are some lyrics from his hit songs that will move you to the…...

3+ hour ago   (391+ words) Barry White is known as one of the best soul and R&B singers of all time. So it may be surprising that one of his biggest hits first started as a country song, but it’s true. In 1974, White released…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (405+ words) Music has uncanny teleportative qualities, instantly transporting us back to a specific place in time as we listen. Whether you associate your youth with these songs because that’s when they came out, or the lyrics just have a way of…...

4+ hour ago   (114+ words) American Songwriter Shopping malls and grocery stores want to put you in the right mood. They want you smiling, happy, and without a care in the world. That’s why these spots often have the best music playing on the stereo....

14+ hour, 30+ min ago   (419+ words) Country music in the middle of the 1970s is still considered an important era in the genre. Included in the country songs that were released in the middle of the decade are these three tunes. All out in 1975, it’s pretty much…...

5+ hour ago   (732+ words) Contemporary bluegrass titan Ricky Skaggs gives credit where it’s due. “I don’t know how I could extract the influence of Bill Monroe’s music from what I play today… He is the one constant that I continue to go back to…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (587+ words) Born on this day (September 12) in 1974 in the small town of Douglas, Georgia, Jennifer Nettles seized the national spotlight as the lead singer of country-pop duo Sugarland, which she founded in 2002 with Kristian Bush and Kristen Hall. When Hall left…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (257+ words) Silverchair carried the “grunge torch” into a new era, and many would consider this alternative rock song to be a post-grunge track. Post-grunge got a lot of flak back in the day for basically being considered a watered-down version of…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (218+ words) Melanie A. Davis is a musician, writer, and radio technician based in western Kentucky. While attending Murray State University for music business with a vocal performance emphasis, she began performing original jazz-folk across the eastern half of the United States and…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (517+ words) Today, we’re diving into the life and career of Ashley Lauren Monroe, born in Knoxville on this day (September 10) in 1986. Growing up in a tight-knit family in Tennessee’s third-most populous city, Ashley Monroe picked up the piano and guitar at…...