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I’m unsure how the box and its contents came into my possession, but that crumpled cardboard container, I discovered, yielded untold precious memories.

Tennessee has long inextricably associated with country music, but do you remember which country icon actually ran for governor in his home state?

Tennessee has long inextricably associated with country music, but do you remember which country icon actually ran for governor in his home state?

Tennessee has long inextricably associated with country music, but do you remember which country icon actually ran for governor in his home state?

Tennessee has long inextricably associated with country music, but do you remember which country icon actually ran for governor in his home state?

On July 24, 1948, Roy Acuff declared his candidacy for governor of Tennessee.

Here are a dozen albums that defined the origins of this essential American genre

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will be coming to the Visalia Fox Theatre on Sunday, October 9.

Ken Burn's "Country Music"Thursday nights at 9 pm on WOUB Explore the history of a uniquely American art form: country music. From its deep and tangled roots in ballads, blues and hym

Will The Circle Be Unbroken, released 50 years ago, revolutionized how country and bluegrass music were perceived by mainstream and youth culture in America. The 3-LP set of 37 songs came about when west coast country-rockers The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band persuaded a cast of venerated elders of Nashville to collaborate with them over a week at Woodland Studio in East Nashville. Craig spoke with founder Jeff Hanna, distinguished alumnus John McEuen and new generation member Ross Holmes about the ban...