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  1. album review
    There’s Never Been a Country Supergroup Quite Like the HighwomenIt’s a dream team-up by turns uplifting enough to elicit good-spirited chuckles and gutting enough to bring you to tears.
    By Craig Jenkins
  2. song review
    Taylor Swift and the Dixie Chicks Come Full Circle on ‘Soon You’ll Get Better’At this point, both Swift and the Chicks have fairly complicated relationships with country.
    By Jewly Hight
  3. honky tonk angels
    Country Gals Are Being Wrangled Out of Country RadioThis is why Taylor Swift went pop, y’all.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. acm awards 2019
    Kacey Musgraves’s Golden Hour Wins Album of the Year at 2019 ACM AwardsShe also took home Female Artist of the Year.
    By Halle Kiefer
  5. yeehaw
    Let Billy Ray Cyrus Lecture Y’all About Why ‘Old Town Road’ Is Country Music“What the hell more do ya need?”
    By Devon Ivie
  6. interview
    Carrie Underwood Is Not Fazed“It was all about taking more ownership over what I was doing in my artistry.”
    By Jewly Hight
  7. new yorker festival 2018
    Kacey Musgraves, Noted Gay Icon, Is ‘Pissed’ Country Music Isn’t LGBTQ-Friendly“That has always really pissed me off.”
    By Devon Ivie
  8. country music
    You Could Impress Shania Twain Much on Her New Country Music Competition ShowTwain will host USA Network’s Real Country with Jake Owen.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. acm awards 2018
    Here are Your 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards WinnersThe ceremony began with a nod to the victims of the mass shooting at Las Vegas’s Route 91 Harvest festival.
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. Kacey Musgraves’s Golden Hour Is 2018’s Country Album to BeatHer third album makes any objections about her style and image now seem embarrassing.
    By Craig Jenkins
  11. last night on late night
    Watch Country-Music Stars Read Mean Tweets With a Twang“That is meanness!”
    By Hunter Harris
  12. cmas 2017
    Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley Mocked Trump With Song Parody at CMA Awards“Maybe next time he’ll think before he tweets.”
    By Tolly Wright
  13. cmas 2017
    Watch Sturgill Simpson Busk Outside the CMA Awards, Raise Money for ACLUHe wasn’t taking requests, but he was answering questions.
    By Tolly Wright
  14. cmas 2017
    Taylor Swift Wins CMA Award for Song She Wrote for Little Big TownSwift’s “Better Man,” which she penned for Little Big Town, won Song of the Year.
    By Tolly Wright
  15. harvey weinstein
    Listen to ‘Female,’ Keith Urban’s Harvey Weinstein Scandal-Inspired Country Song“Technicolor river wild / Baby girl, women shine / Female.”
    By Hunter Harris
  16. rules of engagement
    CMA Awards Will Now Allow Questions About Politics, GunsCo-host Brad Paisley called the press restrictions “ridiculous and unfair.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  17. yay?
    Oh Good, Southwest Airlines to Host Live Country-Music Concerts on FlightsBecause we all have the same taste in music.
    By Tolly Wright
  18. Exploring Darius Rucker’s Impact on Modern Country MusicAfter selling millions of records as front man of Hootie and the Blowfish, Darius Rucker found success in the mostly white world of country music.
    By Craig Jenkins
  19. How Shania Twain Built Her Legend in 7 Revolutionary StepsWith her new album out now, we look back at seven ways she changed pop and country music.
    By Jewly Hight
  20. Watch the Backstreet Boys Electrify the Crowd at the ACM AwardsTim McGraw is ecstatic to see that choreography again.
    By Tolly Wright
  21. right-click
    Listen to Faith Hill and Tim McGraw’s New Single ‘Speak to a Girl’Country’s most enduring couple has something to say about women and talking.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  22. country music
    Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Are Finally Giving Us a Joint AlbumTheir first album together will be out later this year.
    By Hunter Harris
  23. fan service
    Luke Bryan Doesn’t Quite Apologize for Hitting a Heckler During a PerformanceHe’s very sorry-not-sorry.
    By Hunter Harris
  24. octogenarians
    Loretta Lynn Just Tried Weed for the First TimeWell, then, yee-haw.
    By Devon Ivie
  25. roll clip!
    Watch Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus Sing ‘Jolene’The Pentatonix were on backup duty, obviously.
    By Tolly Wright
  26. country time
    Beyoncé Is Reportedly Performing at the CMA Awards TonightThis will be a hoot and a half.
    By Devon Ivie
  27. infauxmercials
    Watch Sir Patrick Stewart Croon Country TunesOperators are standing by.
    By Karen Brill
  28. last night on late night
    Stephen Colbert Debuts a Waffle House AnthemThe song is called “No Shoes, No Shirts, No Knuckleheads.”
    By Tolly Wright
  29. acm awards
    Here Are Your 2016 ACM Award WinnersLook at Chris Stapleton go!
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  30. festival
    New York City’s Only Country-Music Festival Has Been CanceledIt was run by the same organizers behind Governors Ball.
    By Dee Lockett
  31. nashville’s new guard
    The Rise of the Country-Music SuperproducerMusic Row’s analogue to Mike WiLL Made-It isn’t far off — luckily, without the vocal watermark.
    By Jewly Hight
  32. chat room
    Connie Britton on Nashville, FNL, Ageism, Hair“The minute that I get my hair insured, somebody just put me in a straitjacket.”
    By Jillian Mapes
  33. please don’t let me be misunderstood
    Eric Church’s ‘Mr. Misunderstood’ Reignites That Old Debate: Is Wilco Country?Eric Church borrows from Wilco’s “Misunderstood” for his title track.
    By Dee Lockett
  34. concert review
    Kacey Musgraves Played the Apollo and Killed ItThe midlevel star ain’t pageant material, but she sure nails the talent portion of the night.
    By Jillian Mapes
  35. the dream of the 90s is alive in nashville
    Why Country Fans Still Buy the Most CDsThe long-held belief remains true in the streaming age, even if country’s new generation looks less to Walmart’s CD section.
    By Melinda Newman
  36. chat room
    Maddie and Tae on Bro-Country, Feminism, and Avoiding the ‘Nashville Strategy’Meet the charming duo behind one of this year’s biggest country hits.
    By Lauretta Charlton
  37. music
    Country Singer Ty Herndon Is ‘Out and Proud’The star says he’s been out of the closet to family for decades.
    By Nate Jones
  38. Here’s Bo Burnham’s Country Song from ‘Parks and Rec’ Bo Burnham guest starred on last week’s episode of Parks and Recreation as super-American country singer Chipp McCapp, and here’s a music […]
    By Bradford Evans
  39. miniseries
    Ken Burns Country Music Doc Coming to PBS in ’18Mark your calendar for four years from now!
    By Margaret Lyons
  40. new old friends
    See Dave Grohl Perform With Zac Brown Band at the CMAsIt rocked.
    By Delia Paunescu
  41. radio vulture
    Rosen: Does Country Music Have a Problem With Women?In 2013, women in country are more marginal than at any time in recent memory.
    By Jody Rosen
  42. obits
    George Jones, Country-Music Star, Dies at 81Frank Sinatra once called him “the second best singer in America.”
    By Margaret Lyons
  43. cmas
    Taylor Swift Takes Home Top Award at CMAsThe Band Perry, Jason Aldean also win big.
  44. gwyneth
    Gwyneth Paltrow Close to Signing Album DealWell, you can’t say we haven’t had time to mentally prepare.
    By Willa Paskin
  45. music
    It’s Hip-Hop Country Dancing Time!“That’s jammin’!”
    By Edith Zimmerman
  46. winners
    And the Biggest Country Artist of the Last 25 Years Is …It’s not Garth Brooks!
    By Amos Barshad
  47. hearts and minds
    State Department Exporting Country Music to the Middle EastIt’s called Country Eastern Music.
    By Willa Paskin
  48. chat room
    Willie Nelson on His New Album, Country MusicThe musician talks about producing more music than the label can handle, his famously banged-up guitar, and his new method of smoking pot.
    By Kevin O'Donnell
  49. bailout rock
    Mickey Rourke Ram Jams Some Cops in ‘Shuttin’ Detroit Down’ Music VideoConsider the economy saved!
    By Mark Graham