The Nashville boundary-pusher and five all-star collaborators built “Hard to Forget” around a sample of Webb Pierce’s “There Stands the Glass.” See how they made it sound modern in the latest Diary of ...

The 1950s was a pivotal time for country music. Some of the genre’s biggest artists got their start in the decade and are still loved by fans across the nation and beyond today. For instance, George ...

NASHVILLE — Growing up in Seattle, country singer Gail Davies remembers spying through heating vents with the other kids as her parents and their friends danced to Webb Pierce’s honky-tonk music. “To ...

During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma, spread to California and then the industrial cities of the North. The beer ...

After the release of its debut full-length album, honky-tonk outfit Ramona and the Holy Smokes is riding high. Ramona and the Holy Smokes’ signature “Mexi-tonk” sound, a mix of classic 1950s-’60s ...

"Honky-tonk" is not just the name of a place. It's also a type of music played by D.C. musicians (and Washington Area Music Award winners) J.P. McDermott of J.P. McDermott and Western Bop, Ruthie ...

new video loaded: How Sam Hunt Makes a Modern Country Hit: 1950s Honky-Tonk and a Hip-Hop Beat transcript The Nashville boundary-pusher Sam Hunt and five all-star collaborators built “Hard to Forget,” ...