Way back when a sizable chunk of the country music audience really did live on farms and in the hills, comedians shared billings with musical acts and helped rural America poke fun at itself. First ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture ...

Rural Tapes has announced his brand new album Inner Space Music, out November 18th via Smuggler Music. His second album follows the release of his hugely acclaimed self-titled debut in 2021. Marking ...

Cast on the set of Our Trudy, an opera commissioned by the Ad Astra Music Festival for Prairiesta, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Alex Underwood.) The stage was set in the little Kansas prairie town of ...

Hawaiian artist Maoli, known for reggae and native sounds, is releasing a country album, "Last Sip of Summer," inspired by his heritage and musical influences. Maoli's music reflects the cultural ...

Katy Kirby, originally from Spicewood, Texas, performs at the Hinterland Music Festival in St. Charles, Iowa. (Photo by Anya Petrone Slepyan). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in ...