Over the past few years, country music has seen one of its periodic traditionalist revivals. This time around, what’s being revived is the neo-traditional country that emerged in the 1980s and reached ...

Jarrett Bailey Has been covering the NFL at SB Nation since 2023. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you let a bit go too far. Picture this: I’m enjoying my Friday morning, basking in ...

An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data. By Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu Most days, Marc Hofer, ...

July was another great month for country music. In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single ...

View post: 90-Year-Old Country Hitmaker Wrote Some of the Biggest Songs for George Jones, George Strait and Reba McEntire The best road-trip songs don’t ease you onto the highway—they hit the gas ...

How about this for a dream: You and your buddies start a band in middle school and you get so good, the producer behind your favorite band — the one that made you pick up an instrument in the first ...

Country music's most important artist is dominating radio, streaming charts, concert venues and awards shows. We've ranked the Top 25 modern singers in an effort to timestamp 2026 in country music.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Country star Tim McGraw realized one of his recent singles may have inadvertently wrecked one of his fraternity brother’s best stories. The mostly autobiographical song, “Pawn Shop Guitar,” recounts ...

View post: After His 1989 Death, This Country Singer Was The Only Member Inducted Into The Grand Ole Opry Despite Never Being Active Few guitar riffs are as instantly recognizable (and deliciously ...

June might have been the most abundant month for country music releases that I can remember. I mean, in the first week of June alone, more than 25 country albums were released, and that momentum never ...