The second BEEN Country event at NMAAM spotlighted Black artists' contributions to country music during CMA Fest 2026.

Nashville’s century-long relationship with country music has made the genre inseparable from Music City. Despite country music’s deep Black origins, however, it has not traditionally been associated ...

Like many popular genres, country music began with Black people. Keep scrolling to read up on 20 of the most popular country ...

It is Black History Month, and black country artists are taking the country music genre by storm. Recently, the wave of black artists singing country music and gaining commercial success is reminding ...

Country music owes a lot of its sound to Black artists, who helped shape the genre. These are four of the most influential Black country artists of all time. Charley Pride overcame so much to be part ...

CNN FlashDocs examines the debate about what defines country music in the new film “Call Me Country: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance.” It’s available to stream in the US on Friday, April 26 on Max.

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

Here's a look at how Shaboozey became one of the world's biggest country stars ahead of his 2026 CMA Fest performance and new ...

Rissi Palmer was fed up with reading music articles that mentioned the same five country artists of color over and over again, seemingly erasing the expansive history of Black and brown artists' ...

ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, February 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — ATLANTA — Black Buckle Records officially launched this week in Atlanta, introducing a new ...