The golden era of traditional country and western music has passed, though some bands and musicians are keeping the classic era of the genre alive. However, it’s clear that country-pop is more or less ...

What's the difference between speaking and singing? It’s a harder question than it sounds. You may think the answer is simply that songs have melodies and that speech lacks them. But that doesn’t ...

Country music saw a surge of popularity in the 1980s thanks to crossover artists like Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, along with the arrival of the romantic western film, Urban Cowboy. Fans often ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who've never ...

The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (21st-century Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), according to a new study by a ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...