Ella Langley, the star behind summer sensation “Choosin’ Texas,” is a bigger deal than you might realize.

There’s nothing like listening to your favorite country-pop song on a warm summer day. In recent years, we’ve seen more and more artists try to take the leap and put their own spin on the subgenre. In ...

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In the music business, you’re only as hot as your next album, but once you get hot, your popularity can skyrocket. As one of the most popular music genres in the world, country music counts some of ...

worlds greatest dad just released their excellent sophomore album (and SideOneDummy debut) Better Luck Next Time, an album that combines the band’s already-established emo/pop punk sound with some ...

Following the world-shifting election news this week, we’ll have another, luckily much lighter contest to debate—the Grammys. On Friday, November 8, the Recording Academy provided a welcome ...

A recent article from Radio Insight’s Sean Ross asked the question, Can a country-pop hit radio hybrid station succeed? Does one even exist? “For decades, programmers have wondered if there would ever ...

In 2007, Bon Jovi won its first and only Grammy Award for “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” The song, a roots-and-fiddle-inflected anthem from the heretofore guitar-squealing New Jersey rockers, claimed ...