Her vocal prowess long renowned, Connie Smith earned her distinction as country music’s Rolls Royce decades ago. Now she ...

Denton-based singer-songwriter Daniel Markham may have taken ... Since we started the Dallas Observer, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it ...

On top of scoring her eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé also reigns on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters, Hot 100 Producers, Country Songwriters and Country ...

Randall, a Nashville-based songwriter and novelist, was the first Black woman to cowrite a No. 1 country hit, Trisha Yearwood's "XXX's and OOO's," in 1995. The road to that achievement is ...

Editor’s Note: Alice Randall is a country music songwriter and publisher who’s been in the business for more than four decades. Her book “My Black Country: A Journey Through ” Country ...

Editor’s Note: Alice Randall is a country music songwriter and publisher who’s been in the business for more than four decades. Her book “My Black Country: A Journey Through ” Country ...

I first experienced it when I showed up in Nashville years ago as a 23-year-old country music songwriter, one of very few Black people working in the genre at the time. I felt the same way a dozen ...

I first experienced it when I showed up in Nashville years ago as a 23-year-old country music songwriter, one of very few Black people working in the genre at the time. I felt the same way a dozen ...

I first experienced it when I showed up in Nashville years ago as a 23-year-old country music songwriter, one of very few Black people working in the genre at the time. I felt the same way a dozen ...

It has been done. It can be done. The trick in Dallas, as we outline in the Fish Report: How does a team "rebuild,'' or "reload,'' or whatever ... while keeping the talent and the attitude high ...

Then, during the Super Bowl, she dropped two hybrid country songs: “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages," eventually leading to the release of “Cowboy Carter.” In February ...

Then, during the Super Bowl, she dropped two hybrid country songs: “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages," eventually leading to the release of “Cowboy Carter.” In February ...