You may have noticed that a lot of people across the world love playing or listening to traditional Irish instruments. They have very strong rhythms and warm tones, which make them popular. Musicians ...

The Grammy Awards have added a Best Traditional Country Album category and renamed the Best Country Album category to Best Contemporary Country Album. The Recording Academy defines traditional country ...

Country music has, like any other genre of music, gone through its share of changes and evolution over the years. As new artists emerge, some tend to blur the lines between country and pop, to the ...

The golden era of traditional country and western music has passed, though some bands and musicians are keeping the classic era of the genre alive. However, it’s clear that country-pop is more or less ...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 7, Rolling Stone is breaking down 10 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy ...