American Songwriter

These 1980s Country Songs Still Give Us Chills, Decades After They Were First Released

Let’s look back at some of the most chill-inducing country songs of the 1980s that still affect audiences today.
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‘Spring is coming’: Usher in the season with these staff-selected songs

Punxsutawney Phil has nothing on us now. Finally free of the prolonged winter America’s loved and loathed groundhog placed us in, there is no better way to embrace the return of sunshine, gentle ...

2004 Classic Country Hit Linked to Bob Dylan Became One of the Most Overplayed Songs in the Genre

Bob Dylan's demo from 1973 became the basis for the most overplayed country song of all time Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine ...
American Songwriter

3 Underrated Songs That Country Artists Released Before They Got Famous

It's not always the songs artists expect that get them that "big break." Here are some underrated songs country singers released before fame.

BigXthaPlug Closes Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase With Pure Texas Pride — and Bangers

BigXthaPlug closed Rolling Stone's Future of Music showcase with a Texas-sized bang, along with sets from INK and rappers on BIgX's 600 Entertainment ...