The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing in December. As we close out ...

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On Wednesday evenings in Hampstead, dancers gather at The Coon Club, a hunting club, bar and dance space tucked behind trees off a rural Carroll County road. On a recent Wednesday, a group of 22 ...

Having success at country radio, especially as a female country artist, is cause enough for celebration. But some female country artists released songs that were so good, they found success at pop ...

"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin rejected former first lady Michelle Obama's claim that America was not ready for a female president on Monday, calling the two recent female candidates, Hillary ...

Nico Osier leads Country Fried Dance's Boot Scootin' Brunch at Central Machine Works Credit: David Brendan Hall / Design by Zeke Barbaro For many Americans, the term “line dance” calls to mind uncles ...

Alexandra Light, a former principal dancer with Texas Ballet Theater in Fort Worth, is now making her mark behind the scenes. Though retired from performing, Light remains at home in the rehearsal ...

Women in country music face a constant and trying uphill battle. Speaking with Evan Paul on Taste of Country Nights, singer-songwriter Annie Bosko got to talking about the harsh realities for women in ...

Let’s dive into that percentage. According to Dr. Jada Watson at Song Data, female artists indeed represented just over 8 percent of the songs programmed at country radio in 2024. Truthfully, as a ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – Dust off your boots and get ready for country line dance nights on State Street! The Downtown Santa ...

Forget your grandma’s line dancing. A new generation is heel-toeing its way onto the dance floor in an explosive revival of the genre with a modern twang. The craze over country line dancing has taken ...