Gracie Boots’ new EP, Teenage Reality, brings together a collection of songs shaped by the experiences, relationships, and emotions that have defined her teenage years. Instead of treating the whole project as a single story, Gracie Boots gives each track a chance to stand on its own, being inspired by something unique that happened during her life and the emotions connected with it. Taken together, those individual stories create a broader portrait of a young songwriter figu

From one of the genre’s fastest-rising stars taking home an iconic Moon Person to a country-rap crossover onstage and multiple reminders of Parton’s influence far beyond Nashville, here are five country moments you might have missed at the 2026 VMAs.

Country music’s global audience continues to grow, and Country to Country, better known as C2C, has become one of the clearest examples of that momentum. The festival returns in 2027 with another lineup that reflects just how far the genre’s reach has expanded, while also introducing a few notable changes of its own.

The 2026 CCMAs put a spotlight on a few familiar names, but they also offered a good look at who is making noise in country music right now.

Twenty-five years later, the United States still remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the lives lost, the families forever changed and the moments of courage, grief and unity that followed. For country music, remembrance has often come through song. In the days, months and years after the attacks, artists wrote from places of comfort, prayer, anger, patriotism and personal loss. For a generation of artists and listeners, music became one way to process a day that was near

The 2026 CMA Awards nominations arrived Thursday, Sept. 10, and country music wasted no time reacting. Celebration videos hit social media almost immediately, followed by shocked reactions and the inevitable “Where is ___?” comments.

Briley King has spent the past few days posting what increasingly look like warning signs to haters that she is about to make a serious move into country music.

Stella Lefty’s recent Grand Ole Opry debut has sparked a larger conversation about authenticity, privilege and who gets to take one of country music’s most famous stages.

Country music's biggest night is still more than two months away, but Nashville may have just gotten its first preview of who could be in for a big CMA Awards season. MusicRow revealed the winners of its 38th annual MusicRow Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 2, offering an early look at which artists, songs and songwriters have support from some of Nashville's industry insiders.

Dolly Parton was laid to rest Aug. 28 in a small, private burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, where the country music legend was buried beside her late husband, Carl Dean.

There is no Ella Langley-Doja Cat feud. Well, at least not really.

To the world, Dolly Parton was a superstar. To country music, she was a trailblazer. To the artists who followed her, she was a blueprint. But to millions of people, she was something much harder to measure. She was a song their mother loved. A book their child received. A movie they watched growing up. A bridge that meant they were almost home.

Four days before Dolly Parton died at age 80, the country music legend was still talking about the future. Despite Dolly facing ongoing health problems that had forced her to cancel performances and step away from several public appearances, she made it clear that she did not consider herself finished. In a recent interview with People magazine, Dolly claimed, “I’ve dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve." Dolly intended to keep working

Musgraves paused the concert to share a birthday request with fans, asking them to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.

Organizers announced Friday, Aug. 21, that the long-running music festival in Manchester, Tennessee, is taking what it called a “much-needed year off,” citing the toll of back-to-back years of severe weather on The Farm.

Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean made an unexpected stop at the White House before taking the stage in Washington, D.C.

Kid Rock had plenty to say about a recent list criticizing some of country music’s biggest names, but Zach Bryan was the one artist he wasn’t exactly rushing to defend. The outspoken singer responded after the Dallas Observer published an article naming the “10 Biggest Douchebags in Country Music,” a list that included Kid Rock, Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Gavin Adcock and several other artists.

Hayden Panettiere, the actor known for playing country star Juliette Barnes on “Nashville,” died Sunday at age 36.

Taylor Swift becoming the youngest inductee in Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame history sparked plenty of celebration. It also raised one obvious question among country fans: How did she get the nod over other extremely talented Nashville based artists and songwriters like Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton?

Wyatt Flores’ Nebraska show was cut short by curfew after hours of rain delays, but he refused to let the night end there.