Variety

‘Opry 100: A Live Celebration’: The Country Music Special’s Best Moments

A Vince Gill-led In Memoriam performance of “Go Rest High on That Mountain.” Gill’s mournful 1995 hit, recorded after the death of his older brother, is the funeral song for much of America — or the ...
Variety

‘Opry 100’ Producers Tell What to Expect From Country Music’s Superstars in the Three-Hour NBC Telecast

With “Opry 100: A Live Celebration” set to go out live tonight, producers of the show are offering a preview of the three-hour telecast — which doesn’t quite have a hundred performers to represent the ...

‘The Grand Ole Opry,’ a fixture in country music, turns 100

The famous country music venue and radio show “The Grand Ole Opry” turns 100 years old today. Grand Ole Opry host Charlie ...

At 100 years old, the Grand Ole Opry is the keeper of country music's legacy

One hundred years ago this week, the radio barn dance that came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast from ...
The New York Times

Country Music Is Entirely at War With Itself

Love it or hate it, there is no denying that the country has gone country. Beyoncé is touring on her Grammy-winning country album, “Cowboy Carter.” All races and ages are line dancing to ...