For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has ...

Dolly Parton effectively taught Jane Fonda how to be a better celebrity, more believable hillbilly, and veteran performer in ...

If you sit in the front row, you might get splashed amid the hillbilly ... s Splash Country or Soaky Mountain. Both have thrilling water rides, refreshing pools, and live music.

It also gives short shrift to the influence of “country & western”—a term coined to escape the derogatory associations of “hillbilly music ... it is clear it will bear similarities to preexisting ...

In a new podcast from Rural Remix, reporter Lane Wendell Fischer explores the origins and evolution of country music.

In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

Country music’s most famous stage and radio show ... week—to a stage show where musicians’ costumes reflected the hillbilly image the show cultivated from the beginning.

The 68-year-old musician has won 22 Grammys, the most of any solo male country music artist. Vince Gill is hailed as superstar, but it's a title he's reluctant to embrace because above all else ...

from a Michael Jackson tribute to country music concerts and a comedy show. The events kick off with “Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band” at 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 25 at ...

These budget cuts have left the future of Lake Country School District’s band program in jeopardy. Parents say they hope to present the school board with $80,000 donation later this month.