As part of our 2025 country music issue, we ask writers and broadcasters to weigh in on the present and future of country ...

Born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in 1904, Ba Jin — who was born as Li Yaotang — achieved literary acclaim with his debut novella Mie Wang (Destruction), which he published ...

These nostalgic country songs will never get old even if they didn't reach the top of the country charts upon release.

The Boston rockers' first single was this inspirational power ballad, which snuck into the lower reaches of the US Top 75 on ...

Jazz at the Ten Spot delivers the best of classic and contemporary jazz each week, only on North Country Public Radio. Guy Berard, the founder and longtime host of Jazz at the Ten Spot is an NCPR ...

A honky tonk atmosphere meets the queer community when the KFM Country Karaoke Revue gets going at Permanent Records ...

Country Hall of Famers Bill Anderson, Charlie McCoy, Don Schlitz, Connie Smith were featured at a special Grand Ole Opry ...

He was still at the top of his game when he announced this year that he’d follow a series of one-off performances of classic ... radio stations to acknowledge that “Texas Hold ’Em” was a ...

Opry cast members — including the longest-tenured one, 1961-inducted Country Music Hall of Fame ... worldwide," noted WSM Radio broadcaster and longtime Opry emcee Bill Cody, the evening's ...

Join NCPR each week for classic R&B, Motown, great rock & roll and … well… mostly really good stuff. Host Radio Bob Sauter has been spinning classics on vinyl ...

From journaling your favorite shows to expanding your tastes, here's to being a more addictive music fan in 2025 and beyond.