In 1962, the rhythm-and-blues singer and piano player Ray Charles attempted something new, unexpected, and potentially hazardous to his career. For his 17th album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western ...

Giddy up, ya’ll. Over the weekend, Stagecoach, California's largest Country music festival, saw one of its most diverse lineups since its inception, with nine Black acts featured across three days.

In the introduction to her new book, “Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions,” Francesca Royster recalls a country music festival she attended in her hometown of Chicago in July 2014. A Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bailey, a harmonica player who was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005, was the first Black ...

Billboard reported Tuesday that Beyoncé’s single “Texas Hold ‘Em” had been officially serviced to country radio. It’s a step of formality, one dictated by the industry’s archaic allegiance to ...

As she’s often done and will continue to do, Beyoncé sparked an integral social conversation in response to her world-stopping work. In early February during the Super Bowl, the announcement of her ...

The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation around the history of the genre and the past and present racial tensions ...

Winning both Best Country Album and Album of the Year at the Grammys in February, Cowboy Carter introduced a fresh wave of talented artists reshaping the genre and prompted music lovers to look back ...

Five rising Black country artists unpack the impact of "Cowboy Carter" and where the genre is headed You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email.

The Beyhive is busting out its cowboy hats and breaking out in line dances. After the singer debuted two country singles, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” on Sunday during the Super Bowl, some ...

In case you’ve been living under a rock these last few months, being queer and country is kind of having a moment. And a big part of that has to do with the release of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter.

Credit: Mashable composite; Getty Images / Kevin Mazur / Michael Kovac / Jason Davis / Penske Media / Christopher Polk Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter represents a lot of things for Black culture. Not only is ...