Last year, Chase Rice opened up for the first time about suffering sexual abuse as a child. Now, he says that that decision led to an emotional — and seemingly, healing — phone call with his mom.

"Mountain Music" became one of superstar group Alabama's most beloved hits after its release in 1982. According to band frontman Randy Owen, the song took him years to write, and encapsulates some of ...

The explosion of emerging talent that came onto the country music scene in the 1990s included a wave of impressive new bands. For decades, the genre had been overwhelmingly dominated by solo acts — ...

The moment Dolly Parton preceded Beyoncé in becoming bigger than the music industry itself happened at some point around Valentine’s Day in 1981. At the time, her single “9 to 5” was surging to the ...

Although you may not know Bob McDill by name, country fans across the globe have fallen in love with his brilliantly written songs since the early 1970s. Born on April 4, 1944, in Beaumont, Texas, ...

Before Tim McGraw became one of country’s most bankable hitmakers, he was locked in a fight with his own label over a song they were convinced would be a disaster. On a recent episode of The Tim ...

Larry Fleet's "Where I Find God" doesn't ask listeners to be perfect in their religion, or to be at church every week; in fact, its message is pretty much the opposite of that. Its lyrics remind us ...

Brett Young earned a No. 1 hit with his debut single "Sleep Without You," a song from his eponymous debut album, and followed it up with his second single, "In Case You Didn't Know." Young, who wrote ...

Thomas Rhett has enjoyed a wild ride as he's climbed the country music ladder. On the heels of his back-to-back chart-topping hits "Craving You" and "Unforgettable," the singer released "Marry Me," an ...

One of the goals of every musical artist is to connect to listeners: through pinpoint vocals and meaningful lyrics. Larry Fleet does it in spades, and has proven in a short amount of time that his ...

Love is in the air, but you need a great country song to keep it there. This round-up of the greatest country love songs features some of the most romantic, endearing, satisfying and — ahem — ...