Country music is known for its ballads and dance tunes (i.e., "honky-tonk music") with simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies generally accompanied by instruments such as banjos, fiddles, harmonicas, and many types of guitar (including acoustic, electric, steel, and resonator guitars).

Country music (sometimes called Country & Western) is a form of music that has been enjoyed by people all over the United States for decades.

January 20 – Carrie Underwood performs "America the Beautiful" during the swearing-in ceremony at the second inauguration of Donald Trump. [1]March 31 – Orville Peck will make his Broadway debut in Cabaret, taking over the role of the Emcee from Adam Lambert for a limited sixteen show run at the August Wilson Theatre.Peck will star alongside two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada as ...

1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music, Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.

3 天之前 · country music, style of American popular music that originated in rural areas of the South and West in the early 20th century. The term country and western music (later shortened to country music) was adopted by the recording industry in 1949 to …

The Country Music Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, and Hank Williams. Willie Nelson writes "Crazy" for Patsy Cline and "Hello Walls" for Faron Young, planting himself squarely at the heart of the country music tradition.

Country is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, count...

3 天之前 · Melba Montgomery, folksy master of country music duets, dies at 86. With a distinctive drawl and commanding vocals, Ms. Montgomery made her name in Nashville as a singer and songwriter of ...

Country music rose from deep and intertwined roots – from fiddle tunes and hymns and from work songs and ballads; from smoky saloons and secluded Appalachian hollows; from barrios along the ...

Follow the story of country music from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century to the mega-concerts of the 1990s.