Cole Chaney sees up-close just how critical his home state of Kentucky has been to the country music landscape over the past two decades. He has watched Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers, and Sturgill ...

Robby Turner, the pedal steel guitarist whose soulful mastery of the instrument is embedded in stardom-redefining songs for Waylon Jennings, Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton, has died. He was 63.

At 92, Willie Nelson is one of the last surviving founders of the outlaw country genre and has inspired modern-day greats such as Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson. He still tours with his band, ...