In country music, the cowboy archetype has long produced great songwriting. That's partly because the idea of the cowboy is more complex than you might think. Some cowboys are rugged and a little ...

In country songs, there's nothing quite like a good cowboy anthem. The boots, the dust, the wide open skies—it's all wrapped up in a sound that feels rugged and timeless. At Drummond Ranch, cowboy ...

This recording of the Cowboy Junkies tune “Spiral Down” is set to appear on the digital bonus EP the band is releasing through their website along with their new album, Sing In My Meadow. “The song ...

Beyoncé kicked off the "Cowboy Carter" tour on Monday in Inglewood, California. The set list included a variety of hits and fan-favorite tracks from her country-inspired album. Every song she ...

Ashley McBryde hasn’t always been a straight-ahead country traditionalist. She’s flirted with rock guitars and metal-leaning vocal solos, and even tried her hand at a concept album with the release of ...

At once tediously predictable and fuzzily focused, "Late: A Cowboy Song" likely will do little to further boost the rising stock of Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl. World ...

Park your Lexus, throw your keys up and dig into Billboard's preliminary ranking and review of Beyoncé's eighth solo studio album. By Kyle Denis If you haven’t already, it’s officially time to trade ...

A hundred years ago, a collection of folk music forever re-tuned the American songbook. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John A. Lomax introduced the country to the music of the American ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. John Westbrook and Val Prophet will be performing original and unique cowboy songs and poetry, 7 ...