These songs from the 1970s are a great place to start for new fans of country music or those who want to dig into classic ...

The legacy of 1970s country music is one of innovation and transformation. This era broke down barriers and expanded the genre's horizons. From the Outlaw movement to crossover hits, the '70s left ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, country music was shifting rapidly ... own path in the genre and recorded what we refer to today as outlaw country. Pushed forward by country legends like Willie Nelson ...

It's almost impossible to know everything about country music but these facts will make you sound like an expert.

We’re getting on in our look back at seminal songs from the 1970s (a tongue twister if ... 1973 was so significant in the ...

There's no denying it: the 1970s were one of country music's best decades. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Conway Twitty, and Loretta Lynn were all at the height of their powers ...

Slowing down only for a couple of years to go to prison, Steve Earle has been one of the most prolific artists in country ...

Waylon Jennings, whose rebellious songs and brash attitude defined the outlaw movement in country music, died Wednesday ... “Good-Hearted Woman.” Those 1970s songs nurtured a progressive ...

With one of the most famous pedigrees in country music, Hank Williams Jr. spent his ... but only after he‘d made a complete break in the late 1970s, reinventing himself as a rowdy country ...

Image caption, Charley Pride (left) and Johnny Cash were some of the most popular country music stars of the 20th Century In the 1970s and 1980s, Willie Nelson pioneered ‘Outlaw’ country music ...

One of the “Grand Ladies” of the Grand Ole Opry, Jan Howard was among the most popular female country artists of the 1960s and early 1970s ... the Missouri Country Music Hall of Fame in ...