This year, singer/songwriter albums ruled the kingdom. From January through December, the country, folk and Americana genres were producing some of the most arresting and moving projects. We’ve ...

"My songs spark a sincere love of music by universally touching hearts and souls," world-renowned country and folk artist Peter One says in a dressing room two hours before making his Grand Ole Opry ...

Chicago probably isn’t the first city that comes to mind when you think of country music. After all, Nashville calls itself the country music capital. And besides, isn’t Chicago too far north — and ...

Reno and Lake Tahoe have been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name performers and up-and-coming artists continues in that tradition to kick off the New Year. From ...

Critically acclaimed veterans of the country-folk music scene Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin filled the main floor of the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts ...

Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, ...

Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to the genres' very American, very long legacies. The all-powerful Beyoncé, with her latest album, "Cowboy Carter," has shined a sharp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The music world has lost another legend as country and folk singer Joe McDonald has died at the age of 84. McDonald co-founded and ...