Explore the roots of country music through Appalachian ballads, fiddle and banjo tunes, church music, parlor songs, minstrel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cedric Burnside performs at the Railbird Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Lexington, Ky. (Photo by Amy ...

Beyoncé Knowles Carter is the most influential singer in America. I’m talking about musicianship, Taylor Swift fans. With her new song, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” she became the first Black woman to top the ...

When Cedric Burnside accepted a Grammy in the traditional blues category for his album I Be Trying in 2022, it wasn’t just just a victory for him – it was also the first time any Mississippi Hill ...

Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the country has gone country. Beyoncé is touring on her Grammy-winning country album, “Cowboy Carter.” All races and ages are line dancing to ...

Ryan Nelson, who goes by Earl on stage, might have made a deal with the Devil in exchange for his guitar chops in blues music. At least that’s what Robert Johnson, who spawned the genre in the 1930s, ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Northern Nevada has been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name acts and up-and-coming artists this fall and winter continues in that tradition. From now through the ...

Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...

June is Black Music Month, and we’re celebrating the musical accomplishments and contributions of Black artists in all the various genres. Singer/songwriter Cedric Burnside is an artist from a genre ...