Country rock grew out of blues, jazz, R&B and classic country all colliding at once in the 1950s, long before anyone thought ...

In 1977, The Marshall Tucker Band released a song that would go on to define both their career and the country rock genre. Their hit "Heard It in a Love Song" became one of the band's biggest ...

The end of a decade always feels consequential, and 1969 was no different. Many rock and folk musicians were adopting country music as their own. Modernizing American roots music with the ...

Venturing into a new genre when you’re already well-established in one particular sound is not easy to do. I can’t really fault the following three rock stars who failed (more or less) to go country.

The Highwaymen's legendary legacy lives on after being named one of the greatest supergroups of all time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Updated on March 3, 2026, to explain that The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" being named the best country rock song ...

COW-PUNK Oakland band Joe Rut & the Sunshine Shovelers leans heavily into the country-rock sound of Rut’s Bakersfield childhood. (Photo by Michelle Solomon) Oakland-based musician Joe Rut has been ...

Jelly Roll has spent the past few years turning raw confessionals into arena singalongs, so his fans are used to feeling like they know where his heart is. That is exactly why his decision to join Kid ...