TikTok's Launch The name TikTok is meant to suggest the short format of the videos. Launched in September 2016 by the Chinese startup company ByteDance, it's known there as Douyin. Its ...

There are country songs, sure, and plenty of rap songs, but there are also indie-pop tunes, heavy metal bangers, folk-punk jams, and the odd jazz-fusion number in the mix (plus one track from the ...

Some of the earliest country songs, like Fiddlin' John Carson's "Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane," recorded in 1923 and often celebrated as one of the first country records, yearns for a rustic home.