country-music

Give It Up for the Pop-Punk Prince of YouTube

Multi-instrumentalist cover virtuoso Alex Melton is keeping the dream of Warped Tour alive — one Barenaked Ladies song at a time

Sorry, Country Radio — Queer Country Music Fans Exist

T.J. Osborne, of the hit country duo Brothers Osborne, is the first openly gay artist signed to a major country label. When will country radio acknowledge its queer fans?

For Yet Another Presidency, America Turns Its Weary Ears to Garth Brooks

Country’s master of corny is performing for his sixth president — ‘a statement of unity.’ Here’s hoping he dusts off ‘Friends in Low Places,’ an ode to getting drunk and forgetting your ex

Why White People Love Watching Black People React to Classic Rock

These ‘first reaction’ videos have become a bizarre YouTube phenomenon — sparking commenters to talk about uniting against racism. Is this actually… good?