Steve Cormier is fond of saying he doesn’t write “ride into the sunset songs.” What Cormier, a veteran Western musician, means is that the cowboy songs he pens are rooted in the life of actual, ...

Beyoncé kicked off the "Cowboy Carter" tour on Monday in Inglewood, California. The set list included a variety of hits and fan-favorite tracks from her country-inspired album. Every song she ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

Reed’s version of “Sweet Jane” never saw such chart success and hasn’t seen a boost from “Stranger Things,” according to ...

Ashley McBryde hasn't always been a straight-ahead country traditionalist. She's flirted with rock guitars and metal-leaning vocal solos, and even tried her hand at a concept album with the release of ...

Beyoncé’s new album, “Cowboy Carter,” has shined a light on a country music pioneer that many people may not know. One of the album’s tracks is called “The Linda Martell Show,” which is an intro to ...

What Songs Are Missing From Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Vinyl? As fans have noted (like ones in this Reddit thread), “Spaghettii,” “Flamenco,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Ya Ya,” and “Oh Louisiana” are ...

Urban Cowboy, the popular ’80s movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger as a contentious couple at odds over jealousy and gender roles set at Gilley’s in Texas, turned 45 years old this summer.

The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation around the history of the genre and the past and present racial tensions ...