Today we tend to call this type of music that blends these sorts of genres “Americana” or “roots music.” But that blending of genres is something that festival founder Willie Nelson — one of those ...

The Courant’s arts picks for Aug. 10-16 includes country artist Cody Jinks, comedians Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery and ...

Willie Nelson is obviously a country music legend and all-around cultural icon, but fans of his might not know that when he wasn’t busy perfecting his songwriting and guitar picking, he practiced a ...

Having pioneered the Nashville sound and pushed country to a wider pop appeal, southern crooner Jim Reeves' life was tragically cut short.

While many modern Westerns blur the lines between good and bad, Hell or High Water, from director David Mackenzie and written ...

The late singer-songwriter’s stunt would ultimately earn him the opportunity to quit his job and become a full-time musician ...

Crosby thought of my dad as his “guitar guru,” and like many of the performers that night, he praised my father for his ...

Today in Music History for Aug. 16: ...

On July 29, Dave Edmunds' wife, Cici Edmunds, took to Facebook to detail the moment her husband of 40 years “died" in her ...

Seven songs that prove that 1970s country music was the best era of the boot-scooting, guitar-picking genre.

‘70s Country Music Icon Dies at 83: ‘A True Legend With a Voice To Match’ originally appeared on Parade. It all started in the 1940s, on a humble farm outside of Monroe City, Missouri, where a ...

‘70s Country Music Icon Dies at 83: ‘A True Legend With a Voice To Match’ originally appeared on Parade. It all started in the 1940s, on a humble farm outside of Monroe City, Missouri, where ...