Bob Wills was ... influenced by the music his African-American friends sang in the cotton fields and later by Hispanic musicians in New Mexico. And he was influenced by “swing” music—an ...

You might be able to afford a piece of country music history. The historic home that once belonged to Western Swing legend Bob Wills has been put up for auction on eBay after a land developer in ...

Buck Owens, who pioneered the Bakersfield sound, played at the barn at least twice month from 1960 until 1964. According to a ...

Oct. 18—Greenville is poised and ready to greet November with the lively, charming sound of fiddle-driven Western swing music at its 10th annual Bob Wills Fiddle Festival and Contest.

The real Jewish king of country music, however ... based on the life of Benson’s musical hero, the Western Swing pioneer Bob Wills, who died in 1975. Benson stars in the play, along with ...

New and vital forms emerged, including the singing cowboy genre of Gene Autry, the western swing dance music of Bob Wills, the honky-tonk music of Ernest Tubb, the gospel soul of Mahatia Jackson ...

Country music has been a mainstay of Las Vegas entertainment for decades with many examples of country stars headlining in ...

Four concerts, hosted by four area groups dedicated to the arts, are planned for Grand Island, Wood River and Central City ...

Let’s start with the biggest country artist in the world at the moment - even if she says she isn’t one anymore. Although this song has all the sounds and hallmarks of a classic country song ...