Country music is known for celebrating two things: real life and love. From classic heartwarming ballads by Conway Twitty, George Jones and Loretta Lynn (Read about her biopic here), to current hits ...

Yes, the year's most popular song, Alex Warren's "Ordinary," is relentlessly romantic, an ode to marriage inspired, Warren has said, by worship music. But unlike the greatest love songs that borrow ...

These five country songs might have been released since 2020, but they already seem like they are classic hits.

The duo have a new album, I Love a Love Song. In 2020, Rachael & Vilray spoke to Fresh Air and played songs from their self-titled debut album, which drew on the music of the '30s and '40s. This is ...

Love hits different when it’s when it’s told through heartfelt lyrics on a song that you can’t stop replaying. From Faith Evans emotion-filled record, “Soon As I Get Home” to Ashford & Simpson’s ...

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