February we remember The Day The Music Died. Pop culture and the music world would be changed forever when the plane carrying The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Richie Valens crashed in Iowa shortly ...

The country music world had been rocked by the deaths of three legendary performers to start the year. Al Shade, perhaps the ...

New Jersey has been at the forefront of nearly every popular music movement of the last century. This is essential listening.

Let’s not waste any time here. Paste staff and contributors came together to build a definitive ranking of the greatest guitarists of all time. Here are 150 icons, forgotten heroes, and the best and ...

He's one of the greatest performers for a reason. It’s safe to say that Eric Church is no stranger to live albums. If you recall, back in 2017 during his iconic Holdin’ My Own Tour, he embarked on a ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture ...

Waylon Jennings died in 2002 at the age of 64, one year after being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Throughout his career, he remained an honest artist fighting to record his music the ...

Waylon Jennings was a talented songwriter, penning many of his own hits, including “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”, “Good Hearted Woman”, and more. But not all of Jennings’ hit singles were ...

The outlaw country movement had already been in full swing for a few years when Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter united to release Wanted! The Outlaws. But this project ...

The country music world lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing as the year came to a close. As we get 2026 rolling, we take a moment to look back at the country music stars ...

In 2024, Waylon Jennings' son, Shooter, started going through his father's old recordings. Songs that were cut but never made the album. The original hope was to find enough unheard music to compile ...