Decades after its release, the 1979 Kenny Rogers country hit "Coward of the County" told a powerful small-town story about morality, loyalty, and the consequences of standing by your principles. The ...

Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The Gambler" on ...

Kenny Rogers was everywhere in the late 70s and 80s. He has many great songs, but these five are nearly perfect and a younger ...

Without forming the band, country music history might have looked very different.

Unlike seminal works like "The Gambler" and "Kenny," a lot of Kenny Rogers' earlier, later, and more experimental albums are ...

Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden illness. He was 73. During his nearly five-decade career, the North ...

Fred Carter Jr., renowned Nashville session guitarist and father of country singer Deana Carter, died 16 years ago today.