While legends like Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline set the standard for sad songs, modern country music has more ...

If you're a country fan who has dismissed the Grateful Dead as "hippie music" you need to hear these covers of classic Dead tunes.

But to truly understand country music, one must dig deep into its roots. There are countless classic country tunes — generally referring to songs released in the 1950s through the 1980s — to ...

These three heavy metal bands took full creative liberties by completely reimagining these three classic country songs.

putting out projects that celebrate the genre's history and proving that there's always room for more classic country music, even in an ever-changing format. But for every great old-school ...

This is The Tennessean's ultimate country Christmas playlist. Elvis Presley, "Blue Christmas" (1957): There is arguably no holiday song that is more of a Christmas classic than Elvis' version of ...

She filled them with an eclectic gathering of songs reflecting the classic country sounds she’d learned to appreciate from Gram. Her remake of an old Louvin Brothers song, “If I Could Only Win ...

Throughout its history, country music has produced some truly stunning ... ranging from record-shattering duo Brooks & Dunn to more classic collaborators like The Carter Family and The Highwaymen.

Its mix of country and blues ... In the pantheon of classic Christmas songs, “Jingle Bells” is the connective tissue, and the lyrics, steeped in 19th-century New England imagery, are ...