Sep. 07, 2024 08:16 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is known as the Mother Church of Country Music. And, indeed, it began as a church, built by a riverboat captain who was converted to religion by an evangelist.
More than 130 years after it was built as the nondenominational...
Aug. 28, 2024 07:01 AM EDT
Dolly Parton's father grew up poor and never got the chance to learn to read.
Inspired by her upbringing, the 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission over the past three decades to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program. It has...
Aug. 16, 2024 13:20 PM EDT
Two days before Post Malone released “F-1 Trillion,” his sixth studio album and his first country record, he made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
A starry-eyed Brad Paisley introduced him, celebrating Malone for his incredible career accomplishments and “country heart.”...