Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Country Music Association the same year. Born and raised in Houston, he was the fourth of eight children in a poor family. He took to the guitar as an adolescent, and would...
Before Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain or Taylor Swift, there was Kitty Wells, better known as the “Queen of Country Music.” Wells, who died at her Nashville-area home Monday morning at the age of 92, enjoyed a career that ran the gamut — from 78 RPM to digital downloads,...
Omg😥 R.I.P Naomi Judd. The Judds were the first country artist I ever listened to. I knew that Love can build a bridge album word for word. U were my first, you made me fall in love with country music . To this day in my home your picture stands tall. Thanks for years of ...
“All through this whole thing the only constant thing we had was music,” he said. “But it’s hard to sit back and say, ‘I’m going to go make my fortune singing music, or writing music. I had no contacts.”‘ Eventually his path took him to Nashville, where he attracted the...
“I think I sort of despaired of ever making my living as an artist, until I went to Nashville,” he said. In a rush to equip himself with all the trappings of the conventional life he thought he should live, he married his childhood sweetheart, had a daughter, enlisted in the ...
Country Music Pride is your online source for fresh-cut country, folk and bluegrass––new content every day, all carefully crafted by people who know and love country. Check back daily for news, reviews, interviews and contests for all of you...\'s.
As an outspoken artist unafraid to ruffle feathers, Hank Williams, Jr., has solidified himself as one of the defining figures in Western outlaw music. Dig Deeper Musicians You May Not Know Are Republican Also ranks #5 on The Most Musically Gifted Children of Musicians And Deeper Here's a ...
Profiles late country music star Jimmy Driftwood, who died in July 1998. What Driftwood is best remembered for; His career as a teacher, which eventually peaked with him becoming a high school principal; Signing to RCA Victor Records in 1958; Driftwood as a guest artist in Nashville, at the...
Lainey Wilsonalso had a banner year, proving that her No. 1 hit on country radio with "Things A Man Oughta Know" in 2021 was no fluke. In between winning new artist honors from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association this...
s Twitter tribute along with photos of the two country singers over the years. “Equal parts rebel rouser and apostle, it’s no small coincidence he launched his career by beating the Devil with a fiddle in hand. I love this man, the things he stands for, and his music. What a story...