In spite of having 70 songs on the country music charts - and 13 of them in the Top 10 – a singer's very first single release does not make the country music charts but does peak at No. 2 on the pop ...

In his current book “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” the revered musical artist Bob Dylan critiques 66 popular recordings to explain how music reveals the character of a culture. Wouldn’t you know it, ...

Although he’s usually identified with country classics like “Detroit City” and “The Streets of Baltimore,” Bobby Bare explores the genre’s themes without sounding exactly like a country singer — the ...

"I had a woman come up to me at a Newport Jazz Festival, and she wanted to say, 'You should be so much bigger.'" Bobby Bare Jr. chuckled. "But she was drunk and ended up saying, 'You should be so much ...

Allegedly, I’m interviewing two elder statesmen of Nashville’s underground music, revered musicians and businessmen who have had an outsized impact on our music community, artistically and ...