Forty-two years ago today, the singer/songwriter who is believed to have coined the term "honky tonk" was born in Texas.

That "little something extra" is an important element of honest-to-goodness honky-tonk music. It's called twang. When's the last time you heard much of that on so-called "country music" radio stations ...

Seven-time Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year winners Old Dominion, for the seventh time in a four-night span, performed songs Thursday evening from their catalog of fan-beloved ...

Lloyd McCarter & The Honky-Tonk Revival share their take on old-time country. Raised in the poetry of old-time twang,” Lloyd McCarter has been immersed in traditional country music his entire life.

Many subgenres, developed as reactions to other styles, comprise country music. Songs of lost love, tragedy and working-class life dominated this early form of country, and it’s been appropriated by ...

A Kentucky native who cut his teeth as a honky-tonk musician in California, Dwight Yoakam has seemed like an odd man out for the entirety of his 30-plus year career. "Dwight never sat me down and told ...

There’s country music, and then there’s having your album listening party at the flagship outpost of National Roper’s Supply. The smell of leather, emanating from rows of saddles and other horse tack, ...

“Raised in the poetry of old time twang,” Lloyd McCarter has been immersed in traditional country music his entire life. His parents hailed from musical families, setting McCarter’s destiny in motion.