Houston Press: Describe the difference between country music that’s made in the Southwest and Texas compared to other parts of the country. Kacey Musgraves: Texas music seems to be a little more sassy at times. Is that your mom talking in the prea...

Kacey Musgraves isn’t sure how high she can get today. Hanging out in Aspen, Colorado, a couple days before she’s to share a bill with Tim McGraw at Country Jam USA in nearby Grand Junction, Musgraves wants to go hiking, but worries that the altit...

Decades from now, when social anthropologists look back on which musicians most accurately and articulately captured the plight of the dwindling American middle class in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, they'll surely home in on the brillia...

There are still 88 years and six months remaining in the 21st century, but thus far, Coldplay is its most influential band. This is not a statement of opinion, but one grounded in anecdotal data — no other band is mentioned after the words "...