JOHNNY CASH was an American singer and songwriter who become one of the most important, influential, and respected artists in ...

Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about his career, from touring with Elvis to singing at prisons. He died in 2003.

Jazz, blues, country — the South isn’t just rich in storied music. Some of the most iconic and influential genres of the art form were born right here, So, clear your travel schedule; it’s time to ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Sometimes, it seems like country and rock and roll are on separate sides of a tall fence. After all, fans of both genres have been locked in a “My music is better than yours” argument for decades.

The Baby Boomer era, a time of profound societal shifts, gifted the world an extraordinary legacy of rock music that continues to resonate across generations, evolving from its bluesy roots to ...

Upstate South Carolina offers a diverse range of summer concerts, including rock, country, hip-hop and blues. Notable acts include Elvis Costello, Jason Isbell, Ryan Adams, Luke Bryan, Kid Rock and ...

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top fame brought his solo band, Billy Gibbons and the BFGs, to the House of Blues last night for a sold-out Texican dose of American Blues, Rock, and Country. The trio, composing ...

In the beginning, there was blues. It poured out of the American South on acoustic guitars and pianos and made it up north ...

Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s been 35 years since David Lowery created Cracker from the ashes of his previous band, Camper Van Beethoven. Teaming with childhood friend and fellow guitarist Johnny Hickman ...