We count down the best songs from a decade in which the sound of country splintered into tons ... Toby Keith debuted with a single that idealizes the Old West, with its roll call of figures ...

The country star has deftly navigated one ... Nonetheless, below are 20 of Tanya Tucker’s best tracks, ranging from the songs most associated with her to lesser-known gems.

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 ...

A handful of familiar faces help make the Top 5 of October's Top 40 Country Songs, but one famous face ... This might be the best duet of 2024, save one or two from Post Malone.

A handful of familiar faces help make the Top 5 of October’s Top 40 Country Songs, but one famous face is missing. Post ...

When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface ...

This list is updated monthly with new “Best of the Year”–worthy songs ... like Posty’s enjoying the country life. And it’s infectious — even 75-year-old Hank Williams Jr.

Earlier this year, the youngster won the Female Newcomer Award at the 2024 Northern Ireland Country Music Awards ...

Let's face it, those are the current redneck country staples. All that said, I do see the point folks are making about played-out themes in country music. The word "dirt," for example, has been thrown ...

country music has a long history of spine-tingling spookerific songs to set the mood. McEntire remade Vicki Lawrence’s Southern gothic murder ballad in 1991 for her For My Broken Heart album.