American Songwriter

Country Music’s Smartest Wordplay: The Best Double Meanings Ever Written

Wordplay is a skill country music returns to again and again. Below are three country songs with incredible double meanings.

Stephen Wilson Jr., Best New Artist Nominee for CMA Awards, on Why His Maverick ‘Death Cab for Country’ Approach Found a Home at Big Loud Records

CMAs nominee Stephen Wilson Jr. and the owners of Big Loud Records talk about his signing with the label and what makes him ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1985, This Country Music Icon Graced TV Screens Across America as Ex-Rodeo Rider Matt Cooper

On this day, November 12, 1985, one of country music's biggest stars graced TV screens across America in this Neo-Western classic.

Josh Weathers Named Texas Country Music Association’s Entertainer Of The Year

Josh Weathers was named the Texas Country Music Association’s 2025 Entertainer of the Year at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth ...

Country music world rocked by icon’s death. Here’s everyone we lost in 2025

Mark Laws, the drummer for popular country music singer Alex Miller, was shot and killed on May 25 in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Taste of Country reported that Laws’ stepson, Maxwell Madon, has been ...