For musicians of all levels, from touring professionals to weekend hobbyists and budding students, a musical instrument is often a prized possession. But what happens if it's damaged, stolen, or lost?

When an artist covers a song that's already popular, they always run the risk of facing criticism. But in these 10 cases, country artists were able to take successful songs from other genres and make ...

Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails is one of the definitive country music covers of non-country songs. Cash’s cover is haunting, heartbreaking, and existential in a way that the source ...

The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

Cover songs accomplish a good deal of things. If successful, they make some cash for both artists involved and breathe new life into an already storied classic. Now, for the most part, artists ...

Santa Barbara’s favorite quipsters, Hale Milgrim (former President/CEO of Capitol Records) and Richard Salzberg (a k a Music Maniac), are back with a new Go to Hale show, Covered in Music, which ...

René Magritte, "Arlita / Chanson Lumineuse," sheet music cover (C. 1925). 13 1/4x10 1/2 inches, 33 1/2x26 3/4 cm. Many people are well aware of René Magritte’s Surrealist art with his erie figures, ...

Feeling a wave of emotions, I find myself reminiscing about the days of watching the High School Musical movies during my upbringing. The memories of being in a theater watching tons of screaming fans ...

Thanks to its diverse palette of influences, country music is a genre that can take on pretty much any song. Throughout the years, country artists have offered their own takes on hits from a wide ...