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Category: Country Music
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Toby Keith and His Complexities
A conversation about his loudest (and quieter) moments, and how patriotism has played into country music.
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Roni Stoneman, Country Music’s ‘First Lady of the Banjo,’ Dies at 85
A featured player on ‘Hee Haw’ and member of the famed Stoneman Family, she was the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.
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Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Top Billboard Country Chart
Her single “Texas Hold ’Em” debuted atop the country airplay chart after its release during the Super Bowl.
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9 New Songs You Should Hear Now
Listen to tracks by Maggie Rogers, Angélica Garcia, Jessica Pratt and more.
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7 Stellar Songs for a Saturn Return
Inspired by Kacey Musgraves’s latest single, hear tracks by No Doubt, Stevie Wonder, R.E.M. and more.
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Beyoncé Rolls Into Her Country Era, and 10 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Vampire Weekend, Pearl Jam, Saya Gray and others.
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Beyoncé Fan’s Radio Request Reignites Country Music Debate
A fan asked his Oklahoma radio station to play a new Beyoncé song. The request was rejected, spurring hundreds of calls and emails about the exclusion of Black musicians from the genre.
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Toby Keith’s ’35 Biggest Hits’ Tops the Billboard Album Chart
A week after his death at 62, the country musician’s 16-year-old hits collection is No. 1.
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New Songs by Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, girl in red and More
Hear tracks by Beth Gibbons, girl in red, Angélica Garcia and others.
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A Timeline of Toby Keith’s Biggest Songs and Career Moments
The singer-songwriter was known for anthems, and political stances, that alternated between confrontation and big-tent populism.
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Toby Keith’s Music and Politics Were More Complicated Than You Might Think
His choice to become a post-9/11 culture-war champion overshadowed the work of a musician who was funnier, subtler and more politically slippery than his most famous work let on.