Country music
How I Quit My Normal Life to Manage A Country Musician
“Oh, this thing I was doing to make money, I might not do it anymore so I can do this other thing that doesn’t make money.”
'Cocaine & Rhinestones' Is the Only Great Music Podcast
Tyler Mahan Coe sets the record straight on country music history and its greatest singer ever, George Jones, in his show's second season.
Morgan Wallen Is Dominating the Charts Because He Got Canceled
His fans are buying his music en masse to make a political statement: White people shouldn't be punished for using racial slurs, and cancel culture shouldn't exist.
Morgan Wallen's Racism Proves Country Music's 'Unity' Message Is Nonsense
The country megastar's latest public controversy should make you question why his industry-wide rise happened.
Country Music’s Culture War Is Playing Out on the Inauguration Stage
The historical tensions plaguing the genre are more heightened than ever in the wake of the Trump administration.
Dolly Parton Helped Make the New Coronavirus Vaccine Possible
With her April donation to the Vanderbilt Medical Center, the country icon continues to be a wholesome and unstoppable force for good.
Hosting Concerts During a Pandemic Puts the Future of Live Music at Risk
Though artists like Chase Rice, Chris Janson, and DaBaby are playing shows, an epidemiologist told VICE why that's a bad idea.
How History Books Erased the Marginalized Voices That Built Bluegrass
Bluegrass' history is strewn with women and Black and queer artists who weren't credited for their contributions to the genre.
Relax, Willie Nelson Has Not Quit Weed
The 86-year-old country icon may no longer be smoking cannabis, but he’s definitely still getting high.
Dolly Parton’s New Netflix Show Is So Wholesome That It Might Make You Cry
With a new series, a biographical podcast, an upcoming NBC special, and more, the country icon is still getting bigger and better in 2019.
Sixteen Years Later, Country Radio Is Still Mad at the Dixie Chicks
Their appearance on Taylor Swift’s “Soon You’ll Get Better” is prompting angry comments and calls from radio listeners still upset about their anti-Iraq-War stance.
Guy Fieri Wants to Collaborate With Lil Nas X on an 'Old Town Road' Remix
Give Fieri a flame-embroidered suit, put them each on the back of a thoroughbred, and send them to Flavortown.