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The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing in December. As we close out ...

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We found three songs by Rascal Flatts, throughout their 25-year career, which every country music fan should know.

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The overall sound is huge and the energy exuberant, with Petunia's band, at the time of the recording, coming off a years-long residency at the WISE Lounge, singing songs that had been workshopped and ...

In 2022 and then again in 2023, country musician Andy Stone, who performs as Vince Vance, filed a civil lawsuit against Carey ...

Which song lyrics from 2025 most moved our NPR Music critics?

These three hit country songs were all released in 2020 and helped influence an entire decade of country music.

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