The project was spearheaded by songwriter-producer Jerry Salley and Athens State University’s Dr. Keith Ferguson.

Discovered by Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely recorded multiple country albums and starred in dozens of Western B-movies.

Known for hits like “The End of the World” and the Carole King-penned “I Can’t Stay Mad at You”, Skeeter Davis was a country singer who paved the way for women like Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn. On ...

Dolly Parton's unmistakable voice is being heard on a new release just weeks after the country music legend's death. "Bound to Ride," Parton's first posthumous song, was released Wednesday, Sept. 9, ...

A new location has been announced for the Voices of America Country Music Festival. Next year — 2027 — the festival will take place at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Hamilton, Ohio. The 5th annual ...

Dolly Parton has sung disco, pop, bluegrass and even metal – but for all her genre-hopping, she has always come back to country. From the disco bop of Baby I’m Burnin’ to the metal-influenced Bygones, ...

Dolly Parton didn’t have kids of her own, but she came from a big family. The country superstar, who died on Aug. 25, 2026, at age 80, had 11 siblings: Willadeene Parton, David Parton, Coy “Denver” ...

Singer-songwriter-actress Dolly Parton, whose glittering country music stardom was matched by her pop fame and popular parallel careers in film and TV, died Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 ...

Fans gathered in Kenya to celebrate a genre born far away but that more and more Africans are coming to appreciate. By Brian O. Otieno Photographs by Fredrik Lerneryd Brian O. Otieno put on his best ...

A popular country music festival will not be returning to West Chester after this year. Officials confirmed this year will be the final year for the Voices of America Country Music Festival at its ...