We believe these three bands dominated country music in their respective decades: the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

When it comes to the wider conversation about country music, the 1980s get overlooked much too often. The 1970s saw big acts like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson rise to prominence. Additionally, ...

The 1990s are known for a lot of things: the rise of the internet, the fall of the Soviet Union, and, of course, killer country music. It was a golden era for the genre—so golden, in fact, that we ...

Music changes in strange ways. Sometimes it happens so slowly you barely notice, like watching grass grow. Other times, an entire genre flips upside down in what feels like a heartbeat. Honestly, ten ...

A version of this story was first published in 2022. Eddie Rabbitt grew up in East Orange and became a country music superstar in Nashville, but never stopped being a “Jersey Boy.” One of his ...