Certain country music so perfectly captures the dimly-lit lifestyle of a smoky dive bar that it shares its moniker with those establishments: honky-tonk. Both as a place and as a song, the honky-tonk ...

Merle Haggard had the kind of influence on the country music genre that every artist dreams of having. A pioneer of the Bakersfield sound, Haggard amassed 38 No. 1’s during his career, demonstrating ...

On March 23, 1974, a now-classic country song climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, marking another major milestone in Conway Twitty’s extraordinary run of hits. The song, ...

With a decade of touring under his belt, Jon Wolfe felt it was time to put out his second live album. But this time, he would do it a little differently, as evidenced in the raw-and-rowdy live version ...

39 years ago, David Frizzell and Shelly West's "Another Honky Tonk Night On Broadway" didn't conjure up images of party buses, pedal taverns and country star-endorsed bars on Nashville's Lower ...

Country music may be known for its whiskey-soaked heartbreak ballads, but you know what else it tackles really well? Songs that inspire *all* the racy thoughts. Blame it on the raspy vocals, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Victoria Hickman, left, Jenna Weisbach and Sophie Stechmann star in "Honky Tonk Angels," which opens July 19 and continues through ...

Though he hails from Texas, lead singer and guitarist Mark Wystrach of Midland is no stranger to Colorado. His wife grew up in Boulder, where the couple now has a house, right across the street from ...

These Austin dance halls and honky tonks have anchored local music culture for decades.