The year 1979 marked the transition into the 1980s’ brand of country music, and the two decades would boast very different sounds. The country songs that were released between those two decades, ...

The country music community often looks back at the 1970s through a romantic lens that has immortalized the decade in a completely untainted package. As a result, the 10 years are consistently deemed ...

Shortly before Leonard Cohen’s 1960s-era muse Marianne Ihlen died from leukemia late last month, he sent her a very touching letter. “Well Marianne, it’s come to this time when we are really so old ...