Country music in the 1950s enjoyed widespread appeal and featured diverse styles from honky-tonk to the pristine Nashville sound. With the rise of rockabilly and early rock and roll, both influenced ...

Country music has always placed a strong emphasis on the guitar. From the genre’s acoustic origins to its more electrified modern counterpart, the guitar will always be a mainstay for artists who ...

There are a number of factors that might make a song immediately recognizable—a whisper, a cough, a G note… But nothing gets our little black hearts racing quite as rapidly as a guitar riff we know ...

This is a story about a guitar riff. For the sake of clarity, and because it's one of my favorite riffs of all time, I shall hereafter refer to it as The Riff. As a little kid, I was first exposed to ...

Bill and the Belles can flat out sing. Early country music, spot-on harmonies and spectacular timing make this one of the best groups to come down the pike in a while. Presenting a show that ...