February 2, 2026 | 11:23 AM
Remembering country music legend Al Shade
A life devoted to country music.
By Joe Ulrich/WITF tag | country music
By Joe Ulrich/WITF September 6, 2022 | 4:59 PM
WITF Music: The Jess Zimmerman Band
Jess talks about her deep association with farming, family, music and mental health.
By Joe Ulrich/WITF February 25, 2021 | 11:57 AM
Dolly Parton & Friends: 50 Years at the Opry
Join the eight-time Grammy Award-winning country music superstar and special guests for a musical tribute
December 13, 2020 | 8:55 AM
Charley Pride, a country music Black superstar, dies at 86
“They used to ask me how it feels to be the `first colored country singer,‘” he told The Dallas Morning News in 1992. “Then it was `first Negro country singer;’ then `first black country singer.′ Now I’m the `first African-American country singer.′ That’s about the only thing that’s changed. This country is so race-conscious, so ate-up with colors and pigments. I call it `skin hangups’ — it’s a disease.”
June 19, 2020 | 7:49 AM
Country Music Marathon
Explore the history of a uniquely American art form
April 8, 2020 | 5:37 AM
John Prine, hero of ‘new’ Nashville, dies after developing COVID-19 symptoms
Many of his songs had an uncanny ability to address (if not predict) the societal and political zeitgeist.
