There is some headway being made on the issue in Canada. Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran has made lowering the voting age to 16 one of her top parliamentary goals and introduced two Senate bills ...

Robert Earl Keen, Tyler Childers, and Miranda Lambert all performed to raise money for Texas flood relief at a benefit concert.

On this day in 1949, Hank Williams walked into a studio in Cincinnati and recorded one of the greatest country songs of all time.

That’s why the opioid crisis feels so tied to country music. The two share geography and community. The places most devastated by pills and fentanyl are the same places producing some of the rawest ...

Randy Travis nearly lost more than just his singing voice after the country music legend had a massive stroke back in 2013.

Country legend Merle Haggard gets the documentary he's long been due, from director Ethan Hawke, who brings in today's top Americana stars for covers.

Nine years after Merle Haggard ’s death at 79, Ethan Hawke has organized a public wake, and it’s a humdinger. A biography by way of California road trip and recording-studio extravaganza, Highway 99: ...

Hawke's three-hour documentary features more than two dozen performances of Haggard's songs by Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash and more.

DETROIT - The Jonas Brothers did it again. They surprised fans by bringing out another big music artist as a special guest at ...

From “Woo Pig Sooie” to “Rocky Top,” discover the 16 iconic chants that make SEC football Saturdays unlike anywhere else.

Romeo Vaughn just released a music for his new single “Big Dreams from a Small Town.” He joined the Standard to discuss his journey. Listen to an extended interview above or read the transcript below.

Stephen Wilson Jr. released his Blankets EP via Big Loud Records. The four-song EP features moving interpretations of Nirvana's "Something In The Way," Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike," The Postal ...