Steve Cormier is fond of saying he doesn’t write “ride into the sunset songs.” What Cormier, a veteran Western musician, means is that the cowboy songs he pens are rooted in the life of actual, ...

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 ...

WATFORD CITY — Singer and songwriter Jessie Veeder has been named a finalist for three awards by the Academy of Western Artists. Her 2024 album "Yellow Roses" is in contention for 2024 Western Country ...

Boy, I sure do love cowboy music. Now I don’t mean stuff like “Grandma Tied My Up With Her Scarf So I Can’t Go To My Sweetie’s House Tonight.” Nope. Well, to be completely honest, there is a place for ...

There’s something timeless about a cowboy’s story–tales told under starlit skies, woven with humor, grit, and the quiet strength of life on the range. On Wednesday, July 30, the Utah County Fair will ...

Wyoming singer-songwriter Ned LeDoux is appearing in two films by Wyoming filmmaker Raen LeVell. The first, “Outriding the Devil,” premiers Tuesday at ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misstated the university Professor Kinitra Brooks works at. Cowboy hats are everywhere right now. You see them on artsy posters in ...

Today’s country music genre had its beginnings in the 1920s with the popularization of two types of music: rural white bluegrass or “hillbilly” music and “western” or “cowboy” music. The two styles ...

Urban Cowboy, the popular ’80s movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger as a contentious couple at odds over jealousy and gender roles set at Gilley’s in Texas, turned 45 years old this summer.