Country music was born in Bristol, and from a geographic perspective, it was placed in a perfect spot. It was one of the few ...

Some would mostly be forgotten, but by recording the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers during that time, he had set the future of country music in motion. The Carter Family would come to be known ...

Almost 65 years after the inaugural class of Fred Rose, Hank Williams, and Jimmie Rodgers, the Country Music Association has tapped three new artists to honor at this year's upcoming induction ...

Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose and Hank Williams were the inaugural class of Country Music Hall of Fame artists in 1961. 16 country artists are in both the Country Music and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame.

A beach-loving superstar with roots in East Tennessee, one of Nashville’s most decorated producers and a legendary voice from the first family of country music are bound for the genre’s most elite ...

The Jimmie Rodgers Foundation will have new leadership going into the 72nd Jimmie Rodgers Festival after the foundation Board of Directors announced the departure of Executive Director Leslie Lee.