It's been just about a quarter-century since Milwaukee roots rock combo Semi-Twang inked a deal with Warner Brothers Records and headed out to Los Angeles to record its major label debut -- and swan ...

On his 26th studio album, country-music king George Strait could have delivered another one of his classy, authentic and predictable batch of songs. Nobody would have complained, because Strait on ...

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Country singer George Strait has racked up some impressive achievements over the course of his decades-long career: His 2008 album, Troubadour, won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and he ...

This concert took place in September at Coast Mountain Brewing's ninth-anniversary bash, and three more followed to honour Jeremy Peterson and his now-closed local bar Stinky's on the Stroll.

Country star Thomas Rhett sold out St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on Saturday night with a show that felt more like a one-man boy band than a Nashville troubadour. Rhett, 29, specializes in huge, ...

When Alive's fearless editor Michael Long pitched me an interview opportunity with Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn fame, he did so with the kind recognition that country music may not be "my genre of ...

Music lovers won’t find this rich blend of melodies, fiddle notes, cowboy harmonies and guitar twang on contemporary radio stations. They won’t locate a similar collection of songs that pre-date the ...

After recently saddling up with Lil Nas X on a remix of “Old Town Road,” 12-year-old YouTube star Mason Ramsey is ready with his own EP. On Twang, a five-song release, Ramsey further shows off his ...

(JTA) — If anyone can pull off a bluegrass song about Anne Frank, it’s Nefesh Mountain, a husband-and-wife duo from New Jersey that has been a standard-bearer of Jewish bluegrass for years. The group ...