This week we pay tribute to the late singer-songwriter, actor and counter-culture icon, Kris Kristofferson. He wrote “Me and ...

"If you don't like it, I'll write another one. It only takes me an hour," said Dolly Parton to the director when asked to revise her song.

Some wonderful songs have been written by folks who weren't particularly motivated until given a prompt from an outside source. Such is the case of "Me and Bobby McGee," the song that inspired perhaps ...

Kris Kristofferson, who died after a fall from his balcony during a holiday in Buenos Aires, was known for classic hits such ...

In 2024, we survived a national election, weather disasters and the NCAA transfer portal. We lived through Tennessee State ...

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President Jimmy Carter was a passionate fan of country music, which connected him to Nashville and the genre's top stars. Why ...

Elvis Presley regretted turning down a chance to act in "A Star is Born" opposite Barbra Streisand, according to Joel Brokaw, ...

Down a bumpy dirt road, between some bare mountain ridges, a six-point buck and a doe hung upside down from the meat pole in the waning light of late afternoon outside Camp Foxfire. Meanwhile, a half ...

American military brats of all ethnicities share intimate memories about their strange but interesting childhoods growing up on military bases around the world then struggling to fit into an ...