With its sobering lyrics and a droning country-blues riff, "Holy Ghost Power" by The Hillbilly Thomists is a song with zero chance at Christian radio success. The jilted protagonist has been "living ...

For decades before CMA Music Festival assumed its current, rebranded form, it was known as Fan Fair, a comparatively homier, humbler production that offered fans ample opportunity to get up close and ...

It’s been said country music is the white man’s blues, but a lot of today’s top acts make it sound more like easy-listening for Jeep Cherokee owners. Not Dwight Yoakam. At the Barn in Sanford Sunday ...

The carousel of photos on Instagram, which included two shots of the trio, as well as one with Yoakam’s opening act Junior Brown, received several positive responses in the comments on that platform. ...

Before you judge Billy Bob Thornton for releasing “Beautiful Door,” his most recent roots-rock outing, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor and director has a few things he wants you to know. 1.

During his 20-plus years with acclaimed southwest Louisiana rock band the Bluerunners, Mark Meaux stepped onstage in whatever he was wearing. Usually that included his heart on his sleeve. The Mercy ...

STANTON, Ky. — Her friends call it hillbilly music. They laugh. Ninth-grader Shelley Skidmore doesn’t care. She’ll sing “Blue Moon of Kentucky” if she wants. She’ll play “Boil Them Cabbage Down.” This ...

Springfield, Mo., “queen city of the Ozarks” (pop. 96,350) has convinced millions, through radio and TV, that it is the home of country music. While other radio stations were scratching out pop music ...

The LAST reaction features a unique performance where a musician plays piano for various folks while dressed up as a janitor, construction worker, hillbilly, security guard, and more.