In the autumn of 1927, Victor Records and their talent scout and producer Ralph Peer were giving some thought to an artist they had signed up that summer – a 30-year-old singer and guitarist named ...

On Monday, the Congress of Country Music hosted its groundbreaking ceremony. Community members and leaders gathered near the ...

Some would mostly be forgotten, but by recording the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers during that time, he had set the future of country music in motion. The Carter Family would come to be known ...

Like many country artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Gene Autry started out as an imitator of Jimmie Rodgers. As an artist, Gene Autry obviously idolized Jimmie Rodgers, as so many did.

Old Crow Medicine Show's new video is for their cover of the Jimmie Rodgers classic "In the Jailhouse Now." The Americana ...

And believe it or not – no Jimmie Rodgers, no Taylor Swift. Back in 1928, Jimmie was among the first to put country music to vinyl and he went on to become one of its biggest stars. His impact ...