You can call Braxton Keith whatever type of country you want to, as long you agree that classic country is back. Braxton Keith stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast for our final episode of the ...

Few musical genres capture poignant feelings of gratitude quite like country. The down-home, reflective nature of classic country songwriting is perfectly suited to expressing thanks for things great ...

If you love country music, there are a few classic songs out there that you likely know by heart. And no matter how many covers and renditions of those songs make it to the ears of fans, none of them ...

If you tend to lean towards the outlaw country sound, then you'll surely love these three swamp and southern rock staples from the 1970s.

To say the very least, country music has seen a great deal of change throughout the decades. From its origins in the 1930s to the present, the genre has spanned a truly impressive range of sounds and ...

For fans of classic country music, turning on the radio isn't exactly the best way to find new tunes. Mainstream country radio has pursued a poppier sound, leaving more traditionalist acts to thrive ...

If you think only fans have missed live music over the past 15 months, have a conversation with a musician. On Wednesday June 16, there will be dozens of opportunities to enjoy live music at ...

Wouldn’t you know it? The first phone call I received after my Top 10 albums of the year list appeared in Sunday’s Calendar was a complaint: No country album. Well, there was a country album on the ...

1979 was a transitional year for country music. The Outlaw sound that had taken the genre both back to its roots and on to the pop charts was clearly in decline, but the next-big-thing, Urban Cowboy, ...

The year 1989 is most commonly remembered in country music for the arrival of the Hat Acts who would come to dominate the genre for much of the next decade: Garth Brooks and Clint Black released debut ...