In the 1960s, country music was emerging solidly as its own genre, drawing from the earlier influences of gospel, bluegrass, traditional Mexican music, Appalachian sounds and more. As Nashville ...

Glen Campbell’s “Gentle On My Mind” has a polished production that was typically reserved for the easy-listening genre in this decade. Though his guitar playing and slight twang keep this hit in the ...

Want to go back to the golden era of country music? Some might argue that the 1970s were the best time for country music, but there’s something to be said about the 1960s, too. Let’s take a look at a ...

Cars pulled up to the parking lot in front of Mount Rushmore in the 1960s.A.C. Shelton/ClassicStock/Getty Images American families loaded up their station wagons and hit the road in the mid-20th ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The 1960s musicians who still are touring often present nostalgia acts, playing a familiar selection of their hits that is designed to make the audience open its wallets. Country Joe ...

A 1960s pop song, a must-have soft toy and a global anime hit are among the leaders on YouTube's year-end trends list.

He was falling apart. Brilliant and tortured, devout and driven, Johnny Cash had been discovered in the Memphis of Sun Records–the musical milieu that gave America Elvis Presley–and had built a career ...

Yvonne Daley talked about her book “Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks and Radicals Moved to Vermont” and shared her experience about the 1960s counterculture movement in Vermont ...

The Old South Jamboree building in Walker may not be standing much longer, but the spirit of the classic country shows presented there since the 1960s is getting new life. A Friday night concert, the ...