In June 1949, an enamored audience called Hank Williams back for six encores as the legendary country star made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Unfortunately, the hallowed institution would ban ...

Hank Williams wasn’t accepted into the Grand Ole Opry after his first audition. On Sept. 14, 1946, the now-iconic country star auditioned for the Grand Ole Opry. He did so at the behest of Ernest Tubb ...

Apr. 2—Typically, we mute the TV commercials when they come on, but I was late getting to the channel controller the other day and heard the first part of an ad that, as a soundtrack, was using John ...

Step Deeper Into Country Music History To the right of the main room is another space filled with treasures. Walking into that room, the first artifact you’ll likely spot is a pickup truck that once ...

Knitting usually isn’t the sort of subject you’d expect to spark drama on YouTube. But recently, that’s exactly what happened when science communicator Hank Green stepped into the world of yarn and ...

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter will make her Grand Ole Opry debut next month as part of the Opry’s year-long 100th birthday celebration. Red Sox lose 7-year veteran to free agency after solid season ...

For 100 years, one of the greatest threats to the Grand Ole Opry has been the perpetual evolution of pop and youth culture. Social change risks making the institution appear irrelevant. In two ...

The Grand Ole Opry, long considered the heart of country music, has ignited a heated debate among fans with its latest announcement. The iconic Nashville venue, which has served as a rite of passage ...

Do you want the Grand Ole Opry tour? On Friday, the storied Nashville institution announced that Sabrina Carpenter will be making her Opry debut on Oct. 7, in time for its centennial anniversary.

Former talk show host Montel Williams downplayed the political motivations of the suspected assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday, saying he believes the killer was more motivated ...

STURGIS - When Hank Williams Jr. makes a statement, he means it. So when the son of country music legend Hank Williams Sr. (and legend himself, for that matter) performed at the Sturgis Music Festival ...

Wendy Williams is expected to be deposed in her Lifetime documentary case despite her frontotemporal dementia and aphasia diagnoses. The judge presiding over Williams’ case against Lifetime and its ...