Just as Black Country, New Road released their second album, 2022’s Ants From Up There, they announced that singer and guitarist Isaac Wood was leaving the band, shrinking their number from seven to ...

According to the Jacksonville Music Experience, melodies of early Southern country music were heavily influenced by hymns from Black churches, while the playing styles were shaped by Black musicians.

Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" has inspired a movement of Black artists and executives in the country music industry. This movement is largely independent of Nashville, with a focus on communities ...

Despite country music's roots, Black artists have faced a relentless struggle to obtain mainstream success in the genre. Beyoncé's album "Cowboy Carter" highlighted Black country artists past and ...

Giddy up, ya’ll. Over the weekend, Stagecoach, California’s largest Country music festival, saw one of its most diverse lineups since its inception, with nine Black acts featured across three ...

The classically trained musicians in Black Country, New Road are beaming with pride over learning an instrument most children master by the third grade. The British band’s pianist and ...

Though white men in cowboy hats might be the first thing many people envision when they think of country music, Black country singers have been making their mark on the genre from the beginning.

Credit: Rob Bondurant Back in 2017, if you’d asked Joe Bonamassa about the likelihood of a fifth Black Country Communion album, he’d have been far from certain. At that time, the band had just ...

The four members of Black Country Communion all have ‘day jobs’ and plenty of side hustles, but when they come together for BCC they seem to make something that bears almost no relation to ...

Country music, often associated with rural America and the heartland, has deep roots in African American culture. Its origins can be traced back to the African American musical traditions of blues ...

I first experienced it when I showed up in Nashville years ago as a 23-year-old country music songwriter, one of very few Black people working in the genre at the time. I felt the same way a dozen ...