WATFORD CITY — Singer and songwriter Jessie Veeder has been named a finalist for three awards by the Academy of Western ...
With a new exhibit, a Nashville institution pays tribute to another town known for turning out time-tested tunes: Los Angeles. Last week, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum debuted "Western Edge: ...
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Putting the Western in country-western with Asleep at the Wheel

Ten-time Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the Wheel is bringing Western swing music to the islands this month. Ray Benson, ...
Jeannie Seely, a country star of the ’60s and ’70s who had been a favorite of Grand Ole Opry audiences from her induction in 1967 up until the present day, died Friday at age 85. Seely last performed ...
Most country music fans know “Touch Me” as the song that propelled Willie Nelson to fame. In 1962, the yearning ballad peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s country singles chart and was the Texas native’s ...
It began, Jesse Huddleston of Moline recalls, as “just some people who would get together in their backyards. They called it folk tunes back then.” Fifty years later, the Mississippi Valley Country & ...
Country music, as a genuine subculture — as opposed to a Nashville-created product — is intimately tied to the Alamo City. The music’s roots run deep in San Antonio, all the way back to the ...
Most people have heard his famous yodel in Yahoo.com commercials, but Wylie Gustafson’s fans appreciate him for decades of country western music that he says is inspired by his love for life on the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Lower Broadway is at the heart of what gives Nashville its “Music City” name, but new development over the last couple of years has replaced many of the classic honkytonks.