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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For some people, country music can be a little bit...polarizing. While some may have bad memories of being forced to listen to twangy tunes at grandma's house growing up — or were completely turned ...

Country music is known for its icons, from Merle Haggard to Willie Nelson to Loretta Lynn and many more. As soon as you hear their names, you can “hear” their one-of-a-kind voices, individual styles ...

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 ...

Welcome to Flashback Friday, a feature that runs Fridays on Kansas.com and Dining with Denise. It’s designed to take diners back in time to revisit restaurants that they once loved but that now live ...

Before the MGM Grand occupied the space just north of the Tropicana, it was a golf course played by high-rollers and celebrities performing at the resort and other showrooms on the Strip. The course’s ...

Noorat is small town 3km north of my home town of Terang in Western Victoria. And its annual show had everything! Crowds on a scale we’d never seen elsewhere, wood-chopping competitions, equestrian ...