The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025. As we head into the homestretch, we take a moment to look back at the country music stars and influential names that have been lost thus far ...
Inevitabilities in life include death, taxes, and farewell concert tours. The first two are certain. The last one, that’s considerably iffy. However, apparently Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons are in ...
For some, the sight of law enforcement officers in tactical gear on Thursday, sweeping campus for a gunman, was familiar. By Neil Vigdor and Adeel Hassan It was not the first time some of them had ...
Nashville's peerless musical community can feel like a family. When Music City loses one of its beloved artists, the city mourns as if it lost a relative. In 2024, pillars of Nashville's country and ...
The country music world shockingly lost Jeremy Tepper on Friday to a heart attack. That alone would have been heartbreaking, but it was the second death announced in a week involving a prominent ...
The country music world has had a rough 2024 with at least 15 legendary performers or contributors already losing their lives this year. The latest addition to the heartbreaking list came this month ...
“Musicians often say, if you have a plan B, you’re gonna use it,” says singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. “And, you know, I didn’t for a long time. So I’m grateful that I have the ability to do ...
Arch Yancey might not have been a name known to modern country music fans, but he was a Hall of Famer and one heck of a character. His recent death at 88 marked another in a growing list of country ...
Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo,” who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer on “Hee ...
Roni Stoneman was known as the first lady of the banjo. The 85-year-old musician died Feb. 22. She performed on the country music show “Hee Haw” for 18 years. Ms. Stoneman was one of 23 children born ...
On the week that a historic figure in country music, Roni Stoneman, died, Beyoncé made country music history. Stoneman was a virtuoso banjo player, a member of her family band, the Stoneman Family, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Roni Stoneman, a virtuoso banjo player, mainstay of the country music television show “Hee Haw” and one of the last surviving members of the Stoneman Family, a renowned Appalachian ...