In country songs, there's nothing quite like a good cowboy anthem. The boots, the dust, the wide open skies—it's all wrapped up in a sound that feels rugged and timeless. At Drummond Ranch, cowboy ...

After the Civil War came the emergence of the American cowboy as we know it. Born out of the need for livestock to be herded northward to different markets, these young, able shepherds became known by ...

The movie Urban Cowboy was a modest hit upon its 1980 release. Its soundtrack, however, was a much different, more successful story. "And you could already hear the Eagles’ influence on Nashville.

A real cowboy’s life is mostly work and little play, but this Glen Campbell track adds a dash of showbiz to the mix, breathing new life into the occupation. Like a rhinestone cowboy / Riding out on a ...

Miranda Lambert is longing for life in the wild West in "If I Was a Cowboy": "If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free / Rollin' around these towns like tumbleweeds ... If I was a cowboy, I'd be the ...

WHEN in 1908 a check for $500 came from Harvard University for my first year as a Sheldon Fellow, I was the happiest person in the world. Never before at one time had I owned so much money, money that ...

Ashley McBryde hasn't always been a straight-ahead country traditionalist. She's flirted with rock guitars and metal-leaning vocal solos, and even tried her hand at a concept album with the release of ...

For the past several months, the internet has been fixated on the majesty of the black cowboy. In September of last year, Bri Malandro deemed Ciara’s appearance on the cover of King Kong in a cowboy ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to Margo and Michael Timmins of the band Cowboy Junkies about their new album, "Songs of the Recollection," and their tradition of covering other artists' songs. When the ...