Country

How the songwriter's classic Pancho & Lefty mirrors his own tragic life.

• By Max Ufberg

While the two branches of music might appear to have nothing in common, they rose to pop-culture establishment in very similar ways. Today, they share the same songs and the same stage.

• By Jeremy Gordon

Patrick Michels visits Cowboys Stadium, where the nation's top-selling touring act was busy promoting a new line of rum.

• By Patrick Michels

The country megastar's critics are misreading him—badly.

• By John Gravois

If the South is really such a backward place, why is it so in love with Brad Paisley?

• By Dorothy Fortenberry