For decades, country music positioned itself as the unofficial soundtrack of the American military. From Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." at ...

Earlier this year at the Billboard and NMPA Songwriter Awards show, alternative pop singer Lana Del Rey made an observation about the state of the music industry. “If you can’t already tell by our ...

Some of the best country music tells stories — stories that define and connect generations, geographic regions, and subsections of American culture. It captures the best of American life. As digital ...

Award-winning singer and songwriter Toby Keith plays for more than 3,500 troops and support personnel stationed in Afghanistan as part of a 12-day, five-country USO tour in 2012. (Dave Gatley/USO) For ...