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Blanco Brown
November 29, 2025
A hit single attributed to the AI-artist Breaking Rust went No. 1 but the musical DNA of the hit belongs…
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November 20, 2025
Rhiannon Giddens announces new children's book celebrating the various contributions Black women have made to country music.
Kane Brown
September 9, 2025
Kane Brown reflects on his childhood and identity struggles to country music stardom, inspiring biracial kids on Masters of the…
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June 11, 2025
Singer K. Michelle opens up about how her background in music stems from deep roots in country music.
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May 27, 2025
When Shaboozey heard The Carter Family "basically invented country music," he had about as honestly Black a reaction as one…
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February 27, 2025
The country star’s breakout single, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" continues to dominate various music charts; oh my, good Lord. 
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November 26, 2024
With 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Shaboozey is now the second Black artist with…
Amazon Music For Love
September 23, 2024
Explore the talented Black country singers who are making a significant impact on the genre.
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May 9, 2024
Author Alice Randall, the first Black woman to write a number-one country hit, talks Beyoncé and her new book, "My…
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February 23, 2024
Dolly Parton praised Beyoncé for her forthcoming country album and latest country song, "Texas Hold 'Em," on Thursday in an…
February 21, 2024
From John Schneider comparing her to a dog to a country station refusing to play her song, white people are…
Singer Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z
February 19, 2024
Black contributions to country music have been whitewashed and erased, but Beyoncé is forcing America to remember what Black people…
February 12, 2024
Songwriter, singer and producer T-Pain shares that he no longer takes credit for writing country music songs due to the…
58th Academy Of Country Music Awards - Show
July 27, 2023
Jason Aldean's controversial music video, "Try That in a Small Town," has removed news clips of Black Lives Matter protests.
July 19, 2023
Grammy-nominated country star Luke Combs is over the moon that Tracy Chapman approves of his cover of her hit single…
2023 MusiCares Persons Of The Year Honoring Berry Gordy And Smokey Robinson - Arrivals -- Jimmie Allen countersues sexual assault accusers
May 16, 2023
The agency and management company of country music star Jimmie Allen have suspended him amid a sexual assault and battery…
country music singer Rissi Palmer
March 23, 2023
Country music singer Rissi Palmer is the focus of a new documentary called “Rissi Palmer: Still Here” from director Dilsey…
Country singer Russell Dickerson
June 13, 2022
Last week, the Country Music Association announced its ban on the Confederate flag at the CMA Fest for the first…
March 23, 2022
The song is an Amazon Music original that finds Allen singing through his own personal experience of "going against the…
March 15, 2022
Amazon Music releases the official trailer for its original documentary, 'For Love & Country,' chronicling country music's Black origins