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 ...

The open range was dark as cowpuncher N. Howard “Jack” Thorp toiled by firelight somewhere deep in the mesquite, reading ...

One hundred twenty-one years ago today, the singing cowboy whose love of Western music inspired a legendary career was born.

Fascinated by horses and cowboys but not by school, Harry Jackson (1924 - 2011) left his home in Chicago at age 14 to become a ranch hand and cowboy in Wyoming. While there, he learned cowboy songs ...

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 ...

Spencer Hatcher's debut single, "When She Calls Me Cowboy," is bringing a traditional slant back to country radio, and according to one of the song's writers, the fun lyrics of the playful song borrow ...

Shoulda learned to rope and ride... Everybody knows one of Toby Keith's biggest hits, his debut single "Should've Been A ...

More than a year after its release, "Cowboy Carter" is still sparking conversations and upending perceptions about genre, authenticity and who gets to claim country music as their own. The album's ...

There was one country classic in particular that Bruce Springsteen noted as a favorite, so much so that he decided to cover it as well.

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 ...

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 "Bei Mir Bist Du ...