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18 Swoon-Worthy Country Music Quotes About Love
Country music centers so strongly on storytelling, and one of its favorites stories to tell is a love story.
Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting: What We Know About Shooter Stephen Paddock
Who was Stephen Paddock? Here's everything that's known so far about the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooter.
Chris Young Tweets From Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting: ‘I Love You Guys’
Chris Young is safe following the mass shooting at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival.
Country Artists Wearing the American Flag [PICTURES]
Country music is as American as football / apple pie / insert-any-other-cliche-phrase-here, so it makes sense that, from time to time, the genre's artists would don some patriotic clothing.
Country Music’s Most Political Artists
Not every celebrity chooses to keep politics and their public life separate.
Top 10 Country Songs About Fall
Happy fall, y'all!
Country Songs Inspired By World Tragedies
Country singers are known for being storytellers -- trying to spin meaning out of heartbreak and hard times.
New Jason Aldean Album to Feature Surprising Guest
Jason Aldean's upcoming album, They Don't Know, is set to drop on Sept. 9, and he'll be joined on one of the album's tracks by an unexpected guest ... Kelsea Ballerini.
Top 5 Country Music Videos of 2016 (So Far)
A list of the best country music videos of 2016 (so far).
Everything You Need to Know About the 2016 CMT Music Awards
A roundup of the pertinent information about the 2016 CMT Music Awards.
Outside Projects Make Zac Brown Band More Creative Together
Jimmy De Martini and John Driskell Hopkins explain why it's important for them and the other Zac Brown Band members to pursue solo projects.