country music

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

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

By Fred Vigeant

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.”

By Mark Kennedy/AP

June 19, 2020 | 7:49 AM

Country Music Marathon

Explore the history of a uniquely American art form

By Fred Vigeant

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.

By Annie Zaleski/NPR

January 2, 2020 | 11:52 AM

WITF Music: Jeff Mamett

Connecting country music’s history to the present.

By Joe Ulrich

September 19, 2019 | 3:00 PM

Country Music in Pennsylvania

Explore Pennsylvania’s contribution to country music from the songs of the coal miners to today’s country artists from our region.

By Joe Ulrich

September 18, 2019 | 3:49 PM

WITF Music: Al Shade

Al Shade and his wife Jean built their life around country music as radio hosts and performers. Today, Al carries on their passion for traditional country music.

By Joe Ulrich

September 12, 2019 | 4:28 PM

Ken Burns Country Music

By Fred Vigeant

September 12, 2019 | 4:18 PM

Q&A with Country Music Filmmakers Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey

By Fred Vigeant

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