American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1957, the Songwriter Who Penned Hits for George Strait, Martina McBride, Patty Loveless, and Many More

Sixty-eight years ago today, the award-winning songwriter who penned hits for some of the biggest names in 90s country was born in New York.

As AI Artists Breaking Rush & Cain Walker Rule a Country Chart, Nashville Execs Weigh in: ‘It’s Incredibly Detrimental’

As AI artists Breaking Rust and Cain Walker dominate a country music chart, industry players react to the phenomenon and discuss what it could mean.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2005, Martina McBride Was at No. 1 With a Covers Album Inspired by a Buck Owens Classic

Twenty years ago today, Martina McBride was atop the country chart with an album made up of classic country covers.

Country music world rocked by icon’s death. Here’s everyone we lost in 2025

Mark Laws, the drummer for popular country music singer Alex Miller, was shot and killed on May 25 in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Taste of Country reported that Laws’ stepson, Maxwell Madon, has been ...