Do you associate minor chords with sad music and major chords with happy music? If you do, you probably grew up surrounded by music that follows the basic rules of Western music theory. But not ...

This ain’t Texas, but we can sure dress like it is. Beyoncé’s country renaissance has spurred a widespread revival of Western style after releasing two country songs, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 ...

Bruce Springsteen trots out his best husky twang amid mournful slide guitar lines on “Faithless,” the third song to be released from his long-awaited collection of unreleased music, Tracks II: The ...

Darden Smith was taking a break from a recording session near El Paso, watching the sun set over a grove of pecan trees, when it suddenly hit him that the songs he’d been writing were part of ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - On Sunday, Sept. 3, there will be a huge party on the Ohio River. We know there will be fireworks, but one thing will remain a closely guarded secret until Sunday night. It’s the ...

Territory season 1 embellishes its dangerous neo-Western story and setting with scarce but effective song choices. The new Netflix series puts impressive effort into developing its drama with ...

English music lost ground last year. Not to other English artists, but to singers Western audiences can’t even understand. Peso Pluma racked up 1.9 billion streams in 2023, singing Mexican corridos.

This post was updated Oct. 10 at 9:12 p.m. Contemporary pop hits have sounded hollower without the regular inclusion of girl groups in the Western musical landscape. Even as this summer featured the ...