In country songs, there's nothing quite like a good cowboy anthem. The boots, the dust, the wide open skies—it's all wrapped up in a sound that feels rugged and timeless. At Drummond Ranch, cowboy ...

A real cowboy’s life is mostly work and little play, but this Glen Campbell track adds a dash of showbiz to the mix, breathing new life into the occupation. Like a rhinestone cowboy / Riding out on a ...

The movie Urban Cowboy was a modest hit upon its 1980 release. Its soundtrack, however, was a much different, more successful story. "And you could already hear the Eagles’ influence on Nashville.

Ashley McBryde hasn't always been a straight-ahead country traditionalist. She's flirted with rock guitars and metal-leaning vocal solos, and even tried her hand at a concept album with the release of ...

WHEN in 1908 a check for $500 came from Harvard University for my first year as a Sheldon Fellow, I was the happiest person in the world. Never before at one time had I owned so much money, money that ...

For the past several months, the internet has been fixated on the majesty of the black cowboy. In September of last year, Bri Malandro deemed Ciara’s appearance on the cover of King Kong in a cowboy ...

Jerry is a contributor based out of India. His educational background in architecture and design has given him a firm grounding in deconstructing the visual building blocks that define the mediums of ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Charley Crockett, is a songwriter, singer and guitarist whose music ranges from country to rhythm and blues, cowboy songs, outlaw ballads and the song ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to Margo and Michael Timmins of the band Cowboy Junkies about their new album, "Songs of the Recollection," and their tradition of covering other artists' songs. When the ...