It's important to know your history. These are three wise country albums from the 1980s that I want to show my kid.

Levon Helm tended to make whatever song he sang his own. Here are four examples of his masterful interpretive skills.

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The New York Times recently compiled a list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters. There are plenty of names that ...

It has been a heartbreaking year for country music fans with nearly 20 stars dying already. And April was the toughest month yet with five country music perfomers losing their lives. The following is ...

With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit ...

Dr. Dre was bestowed an American Music Honor by the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on Saturday, April 18 at Monmouth University ...

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"Trombone Shorty" started playing his trumpet with New Breed, and suddenly an impromptu street party took hold.

When I was a kid, I had honky-tonk music, I had rhythm & blues, I had zydeco, I had all the rock & roll stuff. It was pretty ...

B-sides were often included as an afterthought, but some did better than the lead single, became foundational to rock history ...