Up until recently, many country fans probably didn’t know the name Gavin Adcock. Then he started a bona fide country music feud with Charley Crockett. In August, Crockett, a cowboy singer from San ...

The 2026 event has been designated an official Cinch Playoff Series Rodeo and will again showcase some of the world’s top ...

I’ve been exploring this topic for a while now. What is country music? I’ve made my stance clear that I agree with Flatland Cavalry when they sang “country is what country means to you,” but clearly, ...

Charley Crockett is making a career out of being underestimated, either by the business or his very own fans. This past week, he proved that again with a three-night residency at one of Manhattan's ...

Texasnative Charley Crockett played the equivalent of 30 songs in two hours at a capacity-filled main room at Music City's Nashville Palace on Aug. 11. As a world-touring street performer, Crockett ...

So we'll be back with Charley Crockett, more music and conversation after a short break. This is FRESH AIR. (SOUNDBITE OF CHARLIE HADEN SONG, "WILDWOOD FLOWER (FEAT. ROSANNE CASH") GROSS: This is ...

Charley Crockett knows that many of you have seen the video of him busking on a subway. In the clip, he’s not the Crockett that fans recognize today: there’s no cowboy hat, no dapper suit, and no ...

Tim McGraw, co-founder of the Music City Rodeo, announced the 2026 event during his Las Vegas residency on Dec. 4. The ...

Yesterday wasn’t the first time Charley Crockett has discussed how country music in general treats Black and Brown artists—in fact, when Andrea Williams wrote about the topic for our music issue in ...

Bad Company finally gets their first-ever tribute album they deserve before their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Founded in 1973, Bad Company features lead vocalist Paul Rodgers, ...

DALLAS — We have a fresh country music beef in the ongoing war of scenes between Texas and Nashville, and who doesn't love that? It's probably a bit more nuanced than that, so let's try to unpack it.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...