LOS ANGELES — When an AI-generated country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust — a white, digitally generated avatar that didn’t exist two months ago.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59.
Billboard’s number one song on its “Country Digital Song Sales” chart is called “Walk My Walk” by a band called Breaking Rust, and, according to Billboard, Breaking Rust was created by artificial intelligence (AI).
A campaign urging the NFL to replace Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny with country legend George Strait for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show has surpassed 41,000 signatures, intensifying the debate over the league’s entertainment choices and cultural direction.
A country singer named Bryan Andrews went viral last week after he issued a lengthy tirade against President Trump, his voters, and ICE agents.
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Brett James, perhaps best known for writing Carrie Underwood’s smash hit “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” is reportedly among the three people killed in a small plane crash in North Carolina on Thursday.
A Florida radio station is going all in on Make America Great Again and has rebranded to “Trump country.”
Country star Lee Brice added his voice of sadness and despair to that of millions of others after the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, saying “It’s something to wake us up and make us stand up for what is right.”
Staind front man Aaron Lewis says he despises fellow rocker Bruce Springsteen because of the deep hypocrisy “The Boss” indulges.
The father of rising country star Spencer Hatcher shot and killed an alleged intruder following an attack in which said intruder stabbed his wife to death.
The mother of rising country star Spencer Hatcher was found stabbed to death in her Virginia home following a break-in.
Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter is dominating the country music charts and country star Gavin Adcock is far from happy about it. Deadline reports the singer went viral after a social media user shared the criticism Adcock delivered addressing Beyoncé’s effort which is topping
Rising country music star Warren Zeiders was thrilled to meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House this week and he jokingly told fans that he did not know what to do with his hands as he stood for photos with the Commander in Chief.
SAN ANTONIO — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s such as “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died. He was 73.
Self-described “non-binary femme” Canadian country singer Robert Adam went to Nashville, Tennessee, to record his latest album but cites the triumphant return of President Donald Trump to the White House as the reason he won’t be heading back across the border anytime soon.
Paquita la del Barrio, an iconic singer of traditional Mexican ranchera music who subverted the testosterone-driven genre with lyrics disparaging philandering men, died on Monday at the age of 77, leaving a legacy in Latin America like no other.
Carrie Underwood — the mega country music star and American Idol alum — is set to sing “America the Beautiful” at the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on January 20.
A country music event at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday night raised millions of dollars for victims of Hurricane Helene.
In an interview Thursday night with Fox News host Trace Gallagher, Jon Kahn, the singer-songwriter of the hit song “Fighter” discussed it’s origins and the inspiration behind what has become a viral sensation. Explaining that the song was actually composed before the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Kahn said “I along with millions of Americans have seen what President Trump has faced since he was elected: two impeachments; deplatforming from social media; lawfare; the raid on Mar-a-Lago.” He then described the moment the title came to him: “the way he [Trump] walked up to the microphones after the bogus conviction in New York, he’s got that walk that just says everything’s going to be ok. You can throw whatever you want at me but I’m not going anywhere. I just shock my head and said, ‘how does this man get out of bed every day?’
Former President Donald Trump received an impassioned endorsement from Grammy Award-winning country music star Gretchen Wilson during a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday, with the singer excoriating the Democratic party for abandoning the American people.
Multiple Mexican corridos, or narrative folk songs, telling the story of former President Donald Trump’s narrow escape from death in a July 13 assassination attempt have gone viral in the past week on social media. The posts rejoice in Trump as divinely protected and a man who “has never known fear.”
“Revelation” — country music star John Rich’s new single that takes its inspiration from the final book of the New Testament — has soared to the top of Apple’s iTunes country chart on its first week of release.
Country music star Jason Aldean payed tribute to former President Donald Trump at a concert on Saturday — just hours after a gunman tried to assassinate Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Famed country music singer-songwriter John Rich has released a new song “Revelation” — and it’s unlike anything he’s written in his celebrated three-decade career. “Revelation” takes passages directly from the final book of the New Testament — specifically, the prophecies of Saint John — and sets them to a revivalist-inspired country melody that serves both a warning and a celebration. The second coming of Jesus Christ may not happen in Nashville, but if it did, this could serve as the soundtrack.
One of Andrew Breitbart’s enduring legacies is a simple yet powerful quote: politics is downstream from culture. We see this every day with liberal ideology permeating every aspect of our culture from movies and television to music to programming for
“I’m just humbled honestly. When I first started writing this song I didn’t think anyone would ever actually sing it. I wrote it because I thought something had to be said,” Nashville hitmaker Chris Wallin said.
Saturday on Max’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace” Nashville star Darius Rucker said Beyoncé success with “Cowboy Carter” helped Country music look more like American and alleviate some of the stigma of racism. Partial transcript as follows: WALLACE: So this spring,
Country music star Jason Aldean has publicly slammed Thursday’s guilty verdict in former President Donald Trump’s New York trial, saying these are “scary times in our country right now.”
With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his timeless hits like “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So,” has his voice back.
The fraternity boys at UNC-Chapel Hill who stood up to protect the American flag from a swarm of anti-Israel protestors have a new fan — the renowned country music singer-songwriter John Rich.
“Try That in a Small Town” took on a life of its own, well beyond anything its creators could have foreseen. Now the writers behind the 2023 hit are looking to turn that headline-making controversy into something positive with a new podcast that they hope will return some of the spotlight to those small American towns, and maybe some bigger ones, that are referenced in the song.
Country music sensation Jelly Roll traveled back to the Nashville juvenile detention center where he once served time to open a new songwriting program that will help incarcerated youth find their musical voices.
Country music singer Gavin Adcock has made it abundantly clear what he thinks of President Joe Biden.
Country music star Aaron Lewis has two choice words for the left-wing cancel mob.
Former President Donald Trump has teamed up with country music star Lee Greenwood on a new, patriot-themed edition of the Bible — the “God Bless the U.S.A.” Bible, which comes with copies of the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and Pledge of Allegiance.
Country music legend Willie Nelson is paying tribute to border patrol officers by releasing a new cover of “The Border,” the 2019 song by Rodney Crowell.
NFL free agency is in full swing, and fans are voicing their approval and displeasure, including the fans who are country music stars with over a million followers on X.
Dolly Parton is congratulating Beyoncé on her No. 1 country music single.
LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé made history once again: The superstar singer has become the first black woman to top Billboard’s country music chart.
Pop icon Beyoncé has a new country album and her mom, Tina Knowles, has hit out at her critics on social media.
