Jim Allen is a contributor for GRAMMY.com.
If it were up to Nora Guthrie, folk music history would have played out very differently. She remembers the day a 19-year-old Bob Dylan came calling at her family’s Coney Island home in search of her dad, Woody. "I didn’t let him in," she laughs. "I was 11 years old. I was watching 'American Bandstand.' He knocked on the door.…
There comes a point when even the biggest bad asses either grow out of it or go under. That appears to be the inflection point Morgan Wallen is facing down on his fourth album, I'm the Problem. Like plenty of country superstars from previous generations, Wallen has made the news nearly as much for bad choices as he has for…
The 2025 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 67th GRAMMY Awards, will air live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, Feb. 2. Watch highlights from the 2025 GRAMMYs on live.GRAMMY.com. The 2025 GRAMMYs telecast will be reimagined to raise funds to support wildfire relief efforts and aid music professionals impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles. Donate to the Recording Academy's…
When you're talking country music, New York City may not be the first place that springs to mind for most people. But New York has hosted a hearty country scene for decades. And the roots that were planted generations ago have led to new branches on the music's family tree ever since. For as much as New York has always…
