Counting down our picks for the ten greatest backing singers to ever grace the airwaves, from forgotten soul stars to ...

"By God" begins with the chorus and the first four lines are fairly straightforward. Hardy is showing gratitude for life on Earth, and he wants you to know he prefers breathing clean outdoor air to ...

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Where do the best country music artists get their start? Many began singing or learning to play an instrument as children, devoting their attention early on to the popular music of the rural South.

Kristin Kobes Du Mez studies the white Christian women who preach a religion of universal love but practice a politics of ...

Dallas Frazier, the brilliant songwriting mind behind the Oak Ridge Boys hit "Elvira" and many more, would have turned 87 ...

These are my 50 greatest songs of all time. Come and sing and dance, shout and argue, make discoveries, lament omissions and ...

Leslie Jordan made his show business mark in television, with memorable work on "Will & Grace" and "Boston Legal." He also had a gospel music passion project.

The music world is mourning the loss of country music singer John Anderson, who has died at the age of 71, leaving behind a ...

An insane musical output for some of these artists. In the streaming era, long albums are all the rage. While there was a ...

On this day in 2003, country music lost arguably its biggest ever icon: the legendary Johnny Cash. He was 71 years old. Johnny Cash came from humble beginnings, growing up in a family of Arkansas ...

Forty-three years ago, Gospel aimed to be the greatest concert movie ever—capturing James Cleveland, Shirley Caesar, and the Clark Sisters in a historic 1981 Oakland performance. A time capsule of ...