Covers can be a gamble. Listeners are sentimental about their music. Changing up a song too much can cause an uproar. On the flip side, recreating a song note for note can feel like a pale imitation.

Covers are a quick way to let fans know your inspirations. Most of the time, a cover is expected. You can at least see how an artist decided to revamp a song. However, there are times when a cover ...

Apple Music rounds out Black Music Month with the release of a special Apple Music Nashville Sessions: Beyoncé Covered collection, featuring live-recorded country covers of Beyoncé’s catalog by Black ...

Ella Langley just reminded everyone whyGeorge Strait is called the King of Country, and in the process, she proved why she's one of the most exciting voices in Nashville right now. The rising country ...

Most pop radio listeners first encountered singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat's cool-as-a-California-beach-breeze voice on her 2007 breakthrough hit, "Bubbly." If you were a MySpace junkie, you might ...

Three months later, Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" release still reverberates between country music's history, traditions and future, and the global cultural mainstream. Thus, Apple Music's Black Music ...

This spring, aspiring “indie outlaw” singer Sarah Gross performed a Patsy Cline-ified cover of “Red Wine Supernova” at a gig in Long Island. “Rip Hank Williams he would have loved Chappell Roan,” she ...

Given their instrumentation and mountain-music harmonies, the Avett Brothers have always been naturals when it comes to country covers. When they last appeared on Austin City Limits in 2014, they ...