There's not a more polarizing act in country music than Florida Georgia Line. There's also not one that's been more successful over the last five years. This is country music's most influential artist.
Anger over the Lindsay Ell radio station debacle in Sacramento is justified, but misguided. Canceling her show was heavy-handed, petty, sexist and backwards, but the singer’s personal life does and should matter.
Albums released after an artist turns 50 are typically just gravy on an already successful career, but Shania Twain's next album matters. Her Country Music Hall of Fame candidacy may depend on it.
Chris Stapleton may not have overhauled the way country radio sounds, but he's allowed a generation of musicians behind him to raise their freak flags.
Like “God bless you!” after a stranger’s sneeze or tipping 18 percent, the concert encore script has become so engrained in the country culture that we’ve forgotten what it means.