The 30 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2024
The 30 best country and Americana albums of 2024, including Beyonce, Sturgill Simpson, Sierra Ferrell, and Megan Moroney.
Addded Dec 12, 2024
The 100 Best Songs of 2024
The best songs of the year, from Chappell Roan to Beyonce to Kendrick, and more.
Addded Dec 3, 2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Beyonce, Billie Eilish, and more.
Addded Dec 2, 2024
Rolling Stone's 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time
From space odysseys to star wars, alien invaders to guardians of the galaxy -- the best science films since the genre first took a trip to the moon.
Addded Jan 3, 2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2023
We Rank the best albums of the year, from Lil Yatchy to Olivia Rodrigo to Lana Del Rey.
Addded Dec 21, 2023
Jesse Malin Offers Update on Spinal Stroke: 'Time to Let People Know What's Up'
Jesse Malin, the New York songwriter who suffered a rare spinal stroke in May, is undergoing intense rehab in a Buenos Aires, Argentina, clinic.
Addded Dec 13, 2023
The 100 Best Songs of 2023
We rank the best songs of the year, from Lana to Drake to the Beatles.
Addded Dec 4, 2023
The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
Celebrating six-string glory in blues, rock, metal, punk, folk, country, reggae, jazz, flamenco, bossa nova, and much more.
Addded Oct 13, 2023
How Lainey Wilson Took Over Nashville
The Louisiana songwriter talks singing with Dolly Parton, covering 4 Non Blondes, and “opening” for Billie Eilish.
Addded Oct 6, 2023
Jimmy Buffett Was Your Favorite Country Singer’s Biggest Influence
The Outlaws’ legacy isn’t going anywhere, but the sound of the past two decades was tiki bars, beaches, and Buffett.
Addded Sep 4, 2023
The Most Ridiculously Right-Wing Country Songs of All Time
How Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' fits into the long, fascinating history of reactionary country songs, from Merle Haggard to Hank Williams Jr. to Toby Keith to Aaron Lewis.
Addded Aug 8, 2023
Jesse Malin Suffered a Rare Spinal Stroke. He's Determined to Walk and Dance Again
The New York troubadour has been paralyzed since May: “There’s moments in the day where you want to cry, and where you’re scared.”
Addded Jun 14, 2023
Tina Turner’s Solo Debut Was a Country Album. Why Hasn’t the Genre Claimed Her as Its Own?
“Country music could still reckon with Tina Turner’s power as a storyteller,” says author Francesca T. Royster.
Addded May 25, 2023
Dallas Green Recorded With Pink, Screamed Hardcore Songs. His Folk Album Will Crush You
The Alexisonfire singer mourns the death of a friend on "The Love Still Held Me Near," his heartbreaking latest LP under the moniker City and Colour.
Addded May 10, 2023
Songwriter Keith Gattis, Whose Songs Were Cut by Kenny Chesney and George Strait, Dead at 52
The Texas native’s song “El Cerrito Place” was a masterclass in conveying longing and regret.
Addded Apr 24, 2023
Tennessee, Where Weed Is Illegal, Makes Anthem About Pot Farming Its State Song… on 4/20
Steve Earle performed “Copperhead Road” at the statehouse and implored lawmakers to listen to “Devil’s Right Hand,” his cautionary tale of gun violence.
Addded Apr 21, 2023
Mojo Nixon Became a Cult Hero Singing About Anarchy, Sex, and Elvis. At 65, He Still Won't Shut Up
“If I don’t run a few people off, I haven’t done my job,” says the motormouthed songwriter, whose unlikely career is recounted in the documentary "The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon."
Addded Mar 20, 2023
Dierks Bentley Is the Crunchy, Buddhist Country Star Living Next Door to You
Twenty years since his debut album, Nashville’s nature-loving everydude takes stock of his career and realizes not much has changed: “You can’t escape yourself.”
Addded Mar 6, 2023
Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Last Original Member, Dead at 71
The founding member and guitarist, who provided the seagull-like slide guitar leads to Skynyrd’s signature “Free Bird,” survived the band’s infamous 1977 plane crash.
Addded Mar 6, 2023
Don’t Judge Tyler Hubbard by His Florida Georgia Line Days
With the polarizing “Bro Country” duo broken up, the Georgia half of FGL takes stock of past wild times and leans into maturity: “I’ve done personal work.”
Addded Jan 27, 2023
The Best Box Sets of 2022
Bowie’s first breakthrough, the Beatles’ finest hour, Prince and Petty live, and much more.
Addded Dec 22, 2022
The 15 Best Metal Albums of 2022
Ghost’s dramatic doomsaying, Slipknot’s serenity and fury, Soul Glo’s cultural indictments, the Iron Man himself, and more all made the year so much heavier.
Addded Dec 20, 2022
Meet the Texas Weirdo Mixing Kraftwerk with Doug Sahm to Create ‘Kraut-Country’
Garrett T. Capps and his band NASA Country blend synth and twangy guitar with lyrics about outer space and social unrest on their latest album, "People Are Beautiful."
Addded Nov 30, 2022
2023 Grammy Award Predictions: Who Will Get Nominated in the Top Categories?
Bad Bunny, Harry Styles, Megan Thee Stallion, Adele, and Rosalia are just some of the acts that experts expect to do well when nominations are announced.
Addded Nov 14, 2022
Meet Giovannie and the Hired Guns, the Mexican-American Band Signed to a Country Label Playing 2000s Pop-Punk
With songs about Xanax addiction, low self-esteem, and the norteño singer Ramon Ayala, the guitar-and-tuba group is blending not just genres but cultures.
Addded Oct 27, 2022
Dropkick Murphys Talk Reviving Woody Guthrie, Going Acoustic, and That Viral MAGA Rant
Singer Ken Casey, who says he’s getting death threats since his onstage indictment of election deniers, leads the Boston punk band through a new album of Guthrie songs.
Addded Oct 10, 2022
100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time
As a commercial entity, country music has existed for nearly a century following the 1927 Bristol Sessions with the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. That means it’s older than rock & roll, older than soul, and still going strong in 2022 with branches that have spread far and wide.
Addded Aug 30, 2022
Drugs, Bluegrass, and Bass Fishing: How Billy Strings Outran His Past and Infiltrated the Mainstream
The guitar hotshot is selling out storied venues like the Ryman Auditorium, hanging with Post Malone, and turning on the masses to a bold new kind of bluegrass.
Addded Jun 22, 2022
Mickey Gilley, Country Music's Urban Cowboy, Dead at 86
The piano-playing crooner had hits with “Stand By Me,” “Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time,” and an appearance in John Travolta’s 1980 box-office smash about a mechanical bull.
Addded May 7, 2022
Howie Pyro, D Generation Co-Founder and Eclectic DJ, Dead at 61
The punk-rocker was an integral yet unassuming fixture of New York’s Lower East Side scene for decades before moving to L.A. and becoming a popular party DJ.
Addded May 5, 2022
Willie Nelson’s First Show Since His Sister Bobbie’s Death Was Every Bit As Emotional As You’d Imagine
The 2022 Luck Reunion featured poignant tributes to Nelson’s late sibling, a surprise Jason Isbell appearance, and weed everywhere.
Addded Mar 18, 2022
Ghost Predicted the Pandemic. Now the Metal Band Is Foretelling the Fall of Empires
Tobias Forge, the man behind the ghoulish Papa Emeritus, rails against bloated nations, empty leaders, and the glorification of stupidity on the new album ‘Impera.’
Addded Mar 8, 2022
Did Dropping the N-Word Actually Help Morgan Wallen’s Career?
A year after the singer came to represent country music’s race problem, Wallen has a sold-out tour, a radio hit, and headlining gigs at summer festivals.
Addded Feb 2, 2022
Clubs Are Open During Omicron. But Will There Be People?
“What we’re going to do with staff who test positive is a huge problem,” says Chris Cobb, operator of Nashville venue Exit/In.
Addded Jan 13, 2022
Ronnie Spector: 15 Essential Songs
We survey the full arc of the iconic singer’s five-decade pop odyssey, from her Ronettes classics to team-ups with everyone from Eddie Money to Joey Ramone.
Addded Jan 13, 2022
Spotify Released Its Country Artists to Watch List. Half of Them Are Unsigned
Independent artists like Dalton Dover, Madeline Edwards, and Ashley Cooke mingle with major-label names like Morgan Wade and Breland.
Addded Jan 12, 2022
As Omicron Surges, Tour Managers Are Finding Themselves in an Unfamiliar Role: Covid Protocol Enforcer
“Today, ‘No green M&Ms’ has equated to ‘Everyone wears a mask,'” says Tommy Garris, who oversees the touring operation of country band Old Dominion.
Addded Jan 12, 2022
Country Songwriter Tom T. Hall’s Death Ruled a Suicide
The Country Music Hall of Fame member known for songs like “Harper Valley PTA” and “Homecoming” died last summer.
Addded Jan 6, 2022
‘Yellowstone’ Truth-Seeker Luke Grimes Has a Vision: A Country Music Career
Before playing soul-searching badass Kayce Dutton, the actor was a drummer in an L.A. country band. These days, he listens to Colter Wall and writes songs about isolation.
Addded Jan 6, 2022
J.D. Crowe, Bluegrass Banjo Icon, Dead at 84
With his band the New South, the Kentucky native expanded the often constrictive boundaries of bluegrass and spotlighted players like Keith Whitley, Jerry Douglas, and Tony Rice.
Addded Dec 24, 2021