The future of country music is alive and well, thanks to traditional revivalists like Zach Top, Jake Worthington, and the Texas native Braxton Keith. We at Whiskey Riff often rave about all three of ...

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Traditionally, the best guitarists in country music have overwhelmingly been men, but Lindsay Ell is one of the rare ...

These country songs topped the charts in the 1980s. Decades later, they have gone from hits to hidden gems waiting to be ...

A year after the superstar’s historic 'Cowboy Carter' win, the addition of a controversial category is shaking up the genre — ...

Three days after playing Nashville’s iconic Station Inn, Australian troubadour Pete Denahy will traverse the state to play ...

Kaylee Bell. Kaylee Bell headed from hometown Waimate to Gore to win the 2007 Gold Guitar award when she was 18, a prize that ...

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