He has been dead for 72 years, but Hank Williams is still the biggest influence in country music. “Anybody who writes a personal song, in some ways, ...

She may have been a critics darling right out of the gate, but it took ten albums and almost 20 years before Bonnie Raitt made her commercial breakthrough. Since then, her whisky-soaked vocals and ...

Music is food to the soul, and there is a way you connect with a song once you understand the lyrics. Many songs have been written, each with a story behind its inspiration. One word… ...

At the Country Music Hall of Fame, Reba McEntire has made her mark by producing 33 albums, 27 of which reached the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. McEntire’s discography dates back to ...

In 1967, Steve Miller formed the Steve Miller Band in San Francisco. After making their name with mind-expanding jams and spacey blues in the late ’60s and early ’70s, they hit pay dirt in 1973 with ...

The Animals started performing in the 1960s. Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, they ended up moving to London approximately four years after they began performing. As one of the premier UK-based ...

Thomas Rhett is a country-pop singer and songwriter who was born in Georgia on March 30, 1990, although he was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up around music, as his father is singer Rhett ...

Ashley McBryde is an exceptional country music artist. Born and raised in Arkansas, Ashley has a passion for writing songs and later relocated to Nashville to pursue her music career. Ashley McBryde ...

Since gaining her first exposure as Gram Parson’s protégé in the early 1970s, Emmylou Harris has risen through the ranks to become of the living legends of country music. Over a five-decade career, ...

When you hear the name Vladimir John Ondrasik, III, you probably don’t automatically think of one of the most well known musicians in the world. However, you may well know him by his stage name, Five ...

Edith Piaf – sometimes called ‘The Little Sparrow’ – was the pride and joy of her country and a symbol of French passion and tenacity. If you take a stroll through the Menilmontant and Belleville ...

Fontella Bass was considered one of the most gifted R&B singers of all-time. She is most well known for a series of hit songs that she had throughout the mid-1960s. Today, she is still widely regarded ...