Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. The way we listen to and understand music has continued to ...

Great news! At least two artists on this list of country stars who need to make a comeback in 2025 are planning to do just that. The other nine? Well, it's complicated. Hitmakers from the 1990s, ...

Winning both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at the Grammys in February, Cowboy Carter introduced a fresh wave of talented artists reshaping the genre and prompted music lovers to look back ...

Aaron Lewis, Hayes Carll, Corb Lund and 26 other country-roots artists are heading to the area between now and March. Check ...

Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...

Learn the roots of the blues with Paul Rishell, one of today’s most respected country blues artists and a W.C. Handy Award winner. His workshop, Country Blues Guitar: The Basics and Beyond, offered ...

Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the country has gone country. Beyoncé is touring on her Grammy-winning country album, “Cowboy Carter.” All races and ages are line dancing to ...

Like any genre, country music wouldn’t be what it is today without the trailblazing artists of the past. Modern artists likely wouldn’t be topping the country charts today without a few influential ...

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...