In this week's crop of new tunes, Willie Nelson and Ringo Starr issue sterling new songs, once again showcasing their ...

You just had to be there, honestly… that music hits different.

Story: Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III won a Grammy in January for his recent album paying tribute to an old-time country banjo player who died in 1931. Called High Wide and Handsome: The ...

To some fans, country music was meant to be played one way—unfiltered, unplugged, and entirely acoustic. This is a purist school of thought, and one that mainly applies to bluegrass and folk music.

Nathan McEuen is carrying on not one but two family traditions. His father, John McEuen, is a legendary folk-country banjo player, most notably with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. But his uncle, William ...