Charleston notebook: following an English country band through the Holy City
Exploring the charms of Chucktown
Country music
Tuesday
Monday
This month in culture: September 2024
What to watch this September
Tuesday
Donald Trump thinks Taylor Swift is ‘unusually beautiful’ but ‘probably doesn’t like Trump’
‘It surprises me that a country star can be successful being liberal’
Thursday
Aaron Lewis tells it like he sees it
An interview with the country music singer
Tuesday
Remembering Toby Keith
The country star was a voice for blue-collar America
Wednesday
Morgan Wallen bests the mob, again
The country superstar keeps outshining his loudest critics
Friday
The great Marty Stuart, possessor of one of popular music’s legendary guitars
He stands five-foot-seven in his stocking feet, but with Clarence White’s Telecaster slung around his neck, he looks ten feet tall
Thursday
Good riddance, Maren Morris!
The ‘lunatic country music person’ is leaving the genre
Wednesday
Welcome to the new counterculture
The most talked-about song of the summer of 2023 was a stripped back political ballad by an unknown country musician
Monday
Oliver Anthony and the sorry state of Rolling Stone
The once-great magazine’s coverage of the viral country star is embarrassing
Wednesday
Why the media despises country music
They ignore the genre unless they can use country stars and fans as scapegoats for supposed societal ills
Wednesday
Jason Aldean’s critics have clearly never been to a small town
‘Try That In A Small Town’ extols the virtues of a tight-knit community and neighbors looking out for one another
Monday
Cooking with a country music star
Recipes for humble country food mix with photos, memories and tips for entertaining
Friday
Keep your California out of my country music
The Country Music Awards revealed a genre in crisis
Tuesday
Loretta Lynn’s music celebrated tough wives
She was proud of her heritage and infused her upbringing in her songs
Monday
Maren Morris should transition to pop where she belongs
There’s no room for cancel culture in country music
Friday
An armed society is a polite society
A little ditty from Mississippi illustrates the point
Tuesday
Country music finds its independent streak
New singers are bucking bro-country and reconnecting with their roots
Monday
Country music drowns out cancel culture
The snitches came for Morgan Wallen — until his fans fought back
Friday
Old Glory, new anger
America’s mood is somewhere between despondency and revolt
