A song Counting Crows' still-sozzled singer Adam Duritz wrote immediately after (and about) a wild night out, Mr. Jones ...

In country music, the cowboy archetype has long produced great songwriting. That's partly because the idea of the cowboy is more complex than you might think. Some cowboys are rugged and a little ...

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 ...

A hundred years ago, a collection of folk music forever re-tuned the American songbook. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John A. Lomax introduced the country to the music of the American ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music outlaw Willie Nelson sang "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" more than 25 years ago. He released a very ...

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 ...

At once tediously predictable and fuzzily focused, "Late: A Cowboy Song" likely will do little to further boost the rising stock of Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl. World ...

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.