If you're looking to dive into classic country music, these songs from some of the genre's most celebrated artists are great ...

On November 30, 1927, Jimmie Rodgers went ... a pulse that has animated country music ever since. Writer Bob Coltman sees Rodgers’ “suave, rueful, vernacular songs” as making him “the ...

Jimmie Rodgers would come be called the “Father of Country Music ... but also some songs that reflected his upbringing in church music, songs like “I Saw the Light.” ...

Like many country artists in the late 1920s ... Green Hand-colored poster advertising Gene Autry’s tribute song, “The Death of Jimmie Rodgers,” 1933. After he landed a spot on radio station ...