Earlier this week, the New York Times released its list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters. For those who are tapped into the worlds of hip-hop and popular music, it’s a rock-solid list.

Jack White is one of the most emblematic figures of 2000s rock music. Coming to prominence with his band The White Stripes, ...

Country music is a genre that is rooted in old-fashioned, traditional values, and one of those values is marriage.

Longtime country music fans will be happy — and surprised — to hear that new music from a legendary star is on the way. A ...

We talk with Garth Fundis and Tim Williams about the collection of previously unreleased tracks from the late country ...

This song was Hank Williams’ first crossover hit of his career. “Lovesick Blues” peaked at No. 24 on the US pop charts and topped the country chart at the time. Like many of his songs, this honky-tonk ...

Lucinda Williams is iconic, a songwriter’s songwriter. Her landmark album, “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,” was inducted into ...

When it comes to music genres that lyrics really take shape in, country music is one of the key players. And while there are ...

On May 2, 1994, 32 years ago today, Martina McBride released her country classic “Independence Day.” A slightly misleading title, the tune actually isn’t about the popular Fourth of July holiday.

Lucinda Williams is now officially one of the greatest songwriters in America, according to a much-discussed recent list in ...

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Lucinda Williams is on the phone from Los Angeles, where she lives with husband and manager Tom Overby. That is, when they’re ...