Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list has grown through the first half of December. As we ...

For years, the country music star struggled to stake a claim to the version of himself that now seems inevitable. Shaboozey performing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in October.Credit...Sinna Nasseri for ...

To get a sense of how wide the country music landscape — and the divides within it — are in 2025, consider the varied reactions to an announcement the Recording Academy made in June: The best country ...

Conversations about country music's best guitarists need to include Vince Gill. Sure, there are a few other living legends worthy of consideration, but nobody has been so good for so long. The 68-year ...

The culture wars that have defined country music in recent years seemed somewhat tamer this year. That doesn’t mean the issues that have divided households from Nashville to SoCal have been resolved.

Zach Bryan performs at MetLife Stadium on July 20, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. Country singer Zach Bryan is making headlines after a snippet of his new song “Bad News,” posted on the singer’s ...

In 2017, the narrator in country hitmaker Chris Janson’s song “Fix a Drink” seemed exhausted by party politics. “I turn on Fox News and then CNN/But it’s the same dang thing all over again,” Janson ...