There is the celebration of rural life and the yearning to recapture a seemingly simpler time. There are murder ballads, cheating songs, tunes that herald Saturday night’s debauchery and Sunday ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." After being featured on a pair of tracks on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Shaboozey vaulted into the spotlight ...

It's not every day you get the chance to hear a real cowboy sing original country western tunes, but Bob Bovee will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Adamant Community Club. “Have ...

Urban Cowboy, the popular ’80s movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger as a contentious couple at odds over jealousy and gender roles set at Gilley’s in Texas, turned 45 years old this summer.

It’s a blast from the past, and whole lot of fun to watch and reminisce on: ...

“It’s a lot of talkin’ goin’ on, while I sing my song,” Beyoncé sings on “American Requiem,” the first song off her country-inspired album “Cowboy Carter.” Later on Track 12, Black country icon Linda ...

At one point during Beyoncé's 36-song, western-themed Cowboy Carter tour opener, the words "Never ask permission for something that already belongs to you" were illuminated in red across the massive ...

More than a year after its release, "Cowboy Carter" is still sparking conversations and upending perceptions about genre, authenticity and who gets to claim country music as their own. The album's ...

Ink always knew she was going to become an “icon magnet” and a prolific artist in her own right. She remembers standing in the streets near the Georgia Dome with her guitar, busking alongside ticket ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...