The National Barn Dance was the nation's most popular country music radio show during the 1930s and 1940s, essentially defining country and western entertainmen

Much criticism has been directed at negative stereotypes of Appalachia perpetuated by movies, television shows, and news media. Books, on the other hand, often

The Nashville Cats bounced from studio to studio along the city's Music Row, delivering instrumental backing tracks for countless recordings throughout the mid-

A collective biography of the women who shaped early country and western music

The Country Music Reader provides an anthology of primary source readings encompassing the history of country music from circa 1900 to the present, offering fir