Though there's been newfound attention paid to whether country music's female artists are getting their due, it's been hard to tell whether the industry is reacting accordingly. Well, now it looks like a small portion of it is: SiriusXM plans to actually play more records by women on its airwaves – at least for this… » 8/11/14 5:20pm 8/11/14 5:20pm

Over the weekend, a 17-year-old girl attending a rowdy Keith Urban concert outside of Boston broke away from her friends with a man she'd just met. Minutes later, the man was sexually assaulting her out in the open as more than a dozen passersby watched, with some even taking cell phone videos. » 7/30/14 5:40pm 7/30/14 5:40pm

Quickly capitalizing off the success of "Girl In A Country Song", country duo newcomers Maddie & Tae have released the video for their "groundbreaking" new pop song. As they promised, the video is a play on the country music videos their song lambasts: Maddie & Tae have switched things up and put some dudes in "… » 7/28/14 11:50am 7/28/14 11:50am

If you're going by headlines these days, the only female country artists doing anything of note are the duo Maddie & Tae, who just released their first single "Girl In A Country Song." What do they have that no one else does? » 7/21/14 2:20pm 7/21/14 2:20pm

This year's Country Music Award nominees were announced on Tuesday, and, if a person were to judge the state of country music from the list — dominated by the likes of Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Swift — they'd probably think that maybe these women were getting country stations to play their damn… » 9/11/13 5:50pm 9/11/13 5:50pm

She's 24. She's low-key. She's from Sulphur Springs, Texas. She used to yodel. She sings about regular women and their regular concerns and feelings, and yet, in its own quiet, catchy way, something about her work feels utterly revolutionary. Maybe it's that the songs on Same Trailer Different Park feel notably… » 3/13/13 6:30pm 3/13/13 6:30pm

From the mind of Toby Keith comes "Red Solo Cup," a tune that is sure to be the most popular music single about plastic cups this year! It's pretty much exactly what you would expect an homage to an inanimate party object to be, but be warned: This song is incredibly infectious and after watching, you just may have… » 10/11/11 6:55pm 10/11/11 6:55pm

Last night, LeAnn Rimes and boyfriend Eddie Cibrian sat down for their first interview—with ABC's Robin Roberts—since their scandalous affair made tabloid headlines. More interesting, though, was Rimes' admission that she crumbled under the pressure of child stardom. » 11/04/10 12:58pm 11/04/10 12:58pm

"On the outside, I look fragile/But on the inside is something you can't touch...CUZ I'M COUNTRY STRONG!" Oh, you know you wanna hear this one. » 7/27/10 4:22pm 7/27/10 4:22pm

Colt Ford's music has nothing to do with the undead; the Twilight theme in this video must be a marketing ploy — though Edward should compare his love for Bella to "chicken and biscuits." Click to watch. [Buzzfeed] » 7/01/10 4:20pm 7/01/10 4:20pm

Jimmy Dean, sausage baron, country music legend, television host and actor, has died at 81. Says his widow Donna, "He was amazing...He had a lot of talents." [CBS] » 6/14/10 2:40pm 6/14/10 2:40pm

On the Today show this morning, country music star Chely Wright — who recently admitted that she's gay — talked about when she hit "rock bottom" and had a gun in her mouth. » 5/05/10 11:00am 5/05/10 11:00am

[Indio, April 25. Image via Getty] » 4/26/10 7:10pm 4/26/10 7:10pm

[Indio, April 25. Image via Getty] » 4/26/10 10:10am 4/26/10 10:10am

According to Brian Cherry, "the left is losing the pop culture media war in this country." But they have a nefarious plan! And that plan, ladies and gentlemen, is Miley Cyrus. » 4/20/10 3:20pm 4/20/10 3:20pm

"Tammy Wynette, she was a beautician back home, kept her license up to date...I used to beg her, ‘Can I have your card number so I can go buy stuff at the beauty-supply houses?'" [NewYorker] » 4/27/09 3:20pm 4/27/09 3:20pm