Of course, any list of leading female country music artists, of any decade, needs to include Dolly Parton. In the 1970s, Parton’s career was on a steady climb after she famously left Porter Wagoner’s ...

1970s country artists such as Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker have gained relative fame, despite being once obscure. Are they still obscure? In the broader scope of ...

Bonnie Owens, a country music singer-songwriter from 1949 to 1981, also will be remembered as the wife of Buck Owens and then Merle Haggard, helping to build their careers. In 1965 she was the Academy ...