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On Feb. 6, 1976, Ronnie Milsap became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, when he was just 33 years old.

Last night, Billy Strings closed out his winter 2023 tour kick-off with his third and final performance at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. The

Mark O’Connor emerged in the 1970s as a prodigy fiddler who won just about every contest he entered from age 12 on. That grounding in traditional music opened up into the most expansive and outlandishly accomplished career in the history of the violin, with major accomplishments and acclaim in bluegrass, country session playing, jazz, rock and classical music. The foundations of the story are now laid out in rich detail in the first volume of O’Connor’s memoir. He covers some of the highli...

Looking back on the life of a Canadian country and folk giant and his work in Nashville

Thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, the award-winning 18-year old exhibit returns online for free beginning Jan. 12.

It’s that time of year again! WOUB Culture has reached out to a variety of folks involved in various capacities with the music and arts throughout WOUB’s diverse coverage region to inquire: “wha

The volatile relationship between George Jones and Tammy Wynette is chronicled in the six-episode miniseries “George & Tammy," which features dramatic acting…

<p>These are the artists who definitively shaped the genre that we recognize today as country music.</p>

It may be hard to believe, but this week marks 25 years since the closing of the Opryland USA theme park. So many people have great memories of the place.

Nashville was home to an iconic theme park like no other in the country. Then it was shuttered for ‘no compelling reason.’