Country music fans, assemble: The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards is here. Just like ACM Awards past, the annual ...

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards kicked off May 8 with a 12-minute medley spotlighting previous iconic Song of the ...

Dressed in all-white Western looks styled through a distinctly Black lens, Beyoncé steps onto the stage and immediately challenges the traditional image of country music — and who it’s meant for.

Beyoncé used visuals and interludes to address criticisms and highlight Black contributions to country music. The tour's themes ... whole lotta red in that white and blue." On opening night ...

So as much as country music ... a white man’s world as far as hit artists go, there’s no need to remind anyone that Guyton started with two strikes against her: being female and being Black.

And perhaps most exciting of all: the 2025 ACM Awards will open with a 14-minute “Songs of the Decades” performance highlight 60 years of country music and featuring McEntire, Clint Black ...

Of course Music ... release, White kept his guerilla-style momentum going. In July, he began playing a flurry of last-minute, spontaneous pop-up shows at venues across the country giving fans ...

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music ... the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering at Appalachian State — that the stuff she was digging ...

Originally from Mississippi, Pride came from modest circumstances and broke significant racial barriers in a genre historically dominated by white musicians. He became the first Black artist to reach ...