The 2000s delivered some of country music's stone-cold saddest songs, ever. Want proof? Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' "Whiskey Lullaby" — one of country music's defining heartbreak ballads ...

We’re starting our list of country songs strong with Tim McGraw’s heart wrenching story of a long lasting love story, “Don’t Take the Girl.” The chorus centers around that line but it ...

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Halloween is next week, and while people are carving pumpkins, shopping for costumes, and seeking out their fright night haunts, country music has a long history of spine-tingling spookerific ...

Country music star Jelly Roll is attacking his weight loss journey in a way he has never done before. That’s what the 39-year-old singer said Oct. 21 in his latest weight loss update on Instagram, ...

His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand.

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Today, country music—and really any kind of music that prizes depth and authenticity in songwriting—is so in Kristofferson’s debt that his impact can be hard to discern. But in a 2015 speech ...

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has brought a resurgence for St. Louis rapper J-Kwon, who burst on the scene two decades ago ...

When Kris Kristofferson released his debut album in 1970, country music was practically defined by Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee,” a jingoistic anthem which condemned war protesters, ...

Kris Kristofferson, the vibrant, trailblazing country music hitmaker who wowed audiences in the 1976 remake of “A Star Is Born,” died on Saturday at the age of 88. The star was surrounded by ...

A 2004 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Kristofferson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2015. At the time of the latter honor, his contemporary and ...