To get a sense of how wide the country music landscape — and the divides within it — are in 2025, consider the varied reactions to an announcement the Recording Academy made in June: The best country ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list grew in November. As we head into the homestretch ...

Country music is rooted in Americana, with heartfelt stories of small-town life highlighting a focus on family, faith and fun. The genre, which dates back to the early 1920s, is now reaching new ...