10 Questions for Natalie Maines

The last time you were in TIME, you were on the cover with the Dixie Chicks. Then nothing for seven years. What have you been doing? I've been being a mother...

Country Stars Remember George Jones

"The world has lost the greatest country singer of all time," says Merle Haggard

George Jones, Country Legend, Dead at 81

A great American singer passes away — Vince Gill, Garth Brooks, and Alan Jackson offer their tributes

The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere

Music listeners are getting more twang for their pluck

Mindy McCready

'I call my life a beautiful mess and organized chaos ... I think that's really the life of a celebrity, of a big, huge, giant personality.' As a young...