Nearly 50 years after the 'The Dukes of Hazzard' debuted in 1979, the cast members look very different today, but they've ...

In the mid-2000s, Carrie Underwood scored a crossover smash hit with "Jesus, Take the Wheel," co-written by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. The song, Underwood's first single from her ...

Cole Swindell and Ashley Gorley co-wrote "You Should Be Here," the debut single from and title track of Swindell's 2016 sophomore album. Written about Swindell's heartache over the sudden loss of his ...

Although it's a quintessentially American genre, country music isn't just the domain of U.S. artists. As it turns out, Canadians have made a significant impact on the genre's evolution, especially in ...

The 1980s and '90s were the time for a new, yet old, take on country music: neo-traditional country. Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, Marty Stuart and George Strait, among others, were all ...

Toby Keith scored a chart-topping hit with his single "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" when he released it as the debut single from his 2002 album Unleashed. Keith wrote the ...

In his illustrious career, Toby Keith has only released two radio singles he didn't write: 'American Ride' and 'Red Solo Cup.' For the country powerhouse to cut an outside song, it's gotta be pretty ...

The 1990s are seen as one of the golden eras of country music. It was the decade that marked the emergence of a new generation of country stars who often mixed traditional country sounds with a modern ...

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you may simply ...

Ashley Gorley, Hunter Phelps, Ben Johnson and Michael Hardy co-wrote "Holy Water," a song on Michael Ray's 2021 EP, Higher Education, but the song speaks to him on a deep level. Its story about a ...

Country singer-songwriter Sunny Sweeney first cut her teeth as an artist on the Red Dirt circuit in Texas. The Austin native self-released her debut album, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame, in 2007. A few ...

Thomas Rhett co-wrote "Make Me Wanna" with Bart Butler and Larry McCoy, releasing the song in August of 2014 as the fifth single from his debut album, It Goes Like This. The tune became Rhett's third ...